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Memorial Brooch

Anstiss Stone

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Memorial Brooch by Anstiss Stone. Oval brooch with a gold frame. Inside the frame is a painting of a kneeling woman with curly brown hair wearing a white dress and a black bow. She is on the left looking right. There is a tree on the left and an urn on a pedestal on the right. On the front of the pedestal is an inscription: 'E.S. Ob June 10 1795 Aged 8.' Background has shades of white and gray.

Artwork details

Date:
ca. 1795
Medium:
Watercolor and hair pigment on ivory in gold brightwork locket converted to a brooch
Culture:
American
Dimensions:
600 × 480 px
Museum record:
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