Locket
- Object Name:
- Locket
- Object ID:
- 2012.030.08
- Date:
- circa 1831
- Description:
- Locket with plaited hair under glass. Horizontal oval gold case with scrolled leaf border and ring on top. Light brown plaited hair. "LMF" engraved in feathered script on back (Lucretia Morse Fisk).
- Material:
- Metal
Gold
Glass
Hair - Dimensions:
- H-0.85 W-0.85 D-0.1 inches
- Provenance:
- Part of the Perry-Dudley Family Archive and Shepard Collection.
Worn by Clarissa Walker Bartlett (1789-1845) of Boston, MA, in memory of her deceased son, Charles Levi Bartlett (1825-1831). Given to Lucretia Morse Fisk (1826-1896) of Concord and Exeter, NH, by her uncle, Levi Bartlett (1784-1864). - Credit Line:
- Gift of Klaudia S. Shepard
- People:
- Bartlett, Clarissa Walker (1788-1845), Bartlett, Levi (1784-1864), Fisk, Lucretia Morse (1826-1896)
- Subjects:
- Mourning, Hair ornaments
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