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Object Timeline

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1915

  • Work on this object began.

1935

  • Work on this object ended.

1994

  • We acquired this object.

2008

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2024

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Brooch (Netherlands)

This is a brooch. It is dated ca. 1925 and we acquired it in 1994. Its medium is silver, coral. It is a part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts department.

It is credited Museum purchase from Decorative Arts Association Acquisition Fund.

  • Comb (Italy)
  • cut and steam-bent tortoiseshell, gilt silver, carved coral.
  • Gift of the estate and in memory of Robert B. Noyes.
  • 1946-50-70

Its dimensions are

7.8 x 2.3 x 0.8 cm (3 1/16 x 7/8 x 5/16 in.)

Cite this object as

Brooch (Netherlands); silver, coral; 7.8 x 2.3 x 0.8 cm (3 1/16 x 7/8 x 5/16 in.); Museum purchase from Decorative Arts Association Acquisition Fund; 1994-67-4

This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition Rococo: The Continuing Curve 1730-2008.

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