Watch Fob

CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Watch Fob
Datec. 1860–1870
MediumWatercolor on ivory, 10k yellow gold, and glass
Dimensions1 5/8 × 1 in. (4.1 × 2.5 cm)
Credit LineThe Rienzi Collection, bequest of Caroline A. Ross
Object number2005.1672
Non exposé

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Department
Rienzi
ProvenanceCaroline Ross; bequeathed to MFAH, 2005.
Exhibition History"Love Tokens: Portrait Miniatures from the Caroline A. Ross Collection," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, November 3, 2007–March 3, 2008.

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