Pendant
- Object Name:
- Pendant
- Object ID:
- 1995.619.09
- Date:
- circa 1845
- Description:
- Pendant. Daguerreotype. Portrait of Olive M. Emery (1797-1848). Oval gold-tone case. Flat beveled-edge glass on front. Narrow, fanciful, floral engraved decoration around edge. Small ball and loop on top. Case and loop have some engraved decoration. Image of seated woman facing front. Hands resting in lap with some of skirt below them. Dress with narrow stripes running vertically. Round pin at neck. White collar and white cap. On reverse, narrow fanciful patterned border around edge. Inside of that, larger slightly-domed gold-tone metal piece with engine-turned intricate designs. Slightly above center, raised edge frame of metal. In frame, flat beveled-edged glass with crack from top to bottom. Behind glass, dark-colored, woven hair of very dark brown color. Below frame, blank oval space. On envelope, note with daguerreotype: "Pendant Mrs. Samuel P. Emery of Moultonborough, later Mrs. (Samuel) Bean of Meredith (1797-1847). Belongs with wedding dress, 1820."
- Material:
- Metal
Glass
Tissue
Hair - Dimensions:
- H-6.76 W-4.38 D-0.69 cm Weight-25 gr
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Collection
- People:
- Emery, Olive M. (1797-1848)
- Subjects:
- Emery, Olive M., Daguerreotypes, Pendants (Jewelry)
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