"Memento Mori" Brooch

CultureUnknown
Titles
  • "Memento Mori" Brooch
Datec. 1720
MediumEnamel, 22k yellow gold, fabric, and glass
DimensionsOverall: 3/4 × 7/8 × 1/4 in. (1.9 × 2.2 × .6 cm)
Credit LineThe Rienzi Collection, bequest of Caroline A. Ross
Object number2005.1828
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.

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