Unknown
Brooch

Artist
CultureUnknown
Titles
  • Brooch
Datec. 1785–1800
MediumSepia on ivory, hair, 18k yellow gold, enamel, and glass
DimensionsOverall: 1 1/8 × 3/4 × 1/8 in. (2.9 × 1.9 × 0.3 cm)
Credit LineThe Rienzi Collection, bequest of Caroline A. Ross
Object number2005.1735
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; Alice Pratt Brown Gallery and Rienzi; Drawing Room, November 3, 2007-March 3, 2008.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Marked on the white enamel border: "NOT · LOST · BUT · GONE · BEFORE · "

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Brooch
Unknown
1785
Sepia on ivory, 14k yellow gold, hair, and glass
2005.1789
Brooch
Unknown
c. 1800–1810
Sepia on ivory, 18k yellow gold, hair, and glass
2005.1782
Stickpin
Unknown
c. 1790
Sepia on ivory, 12k yellow gold, hair, and glass
2005.1768
Ring
Unknown
1769
Hairwork on ivory, enamel, 18k yellow gold, and glass
2005.1792
front and back of pendant
Unknown
c. 1780–1790
Watercolor and sepia on ivory, 14k yellow gold, hair, and glass
2005.1804
Ring
Unknown
c. 1790
Sepia on ivory, 10k yellow gold, enamel, hair, and glass
2005.1719
Locket
Unknown
1785
Sepia on ivory, gilt, hair, and glass
2005.1736
Pendant
Unknown
c. 1780
Sepia on ivory, 18k yellow gold, hair, seed pearls, and glass
2005.1747
Brooch
Unknown
1833
Enamel, 12k yellow gold, hair, and glass
2005.1800
front and back of pendant
Unknown American
c. 1780
Sepia on ivory, hair, seed pearls, 10k rose gold, and glass
2005.1746
Ring
Unknown
1787
Sepia on ivory, 9k rose gold, hair, and glass
2005.1764
Box with Portrait of a Boy
Unknown Irish
c. 1790
Sepia on ivory, 18k yellow gold, hair, and glass
2005.1598