Historic New England

Brooch

Bar brooch with rose cut paste set in silver at top, hinged pin and hook on reverse.

Date: 1820-1840

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 101966

Accession Number: 1934.1806

Brooch

Gilded silver brooch with seven round cut pastes in a rosette design, hinged pin and hook on reverse.

Date: 1800-1820

Maker: unknown

Material: silver (metal)

GUSN: 101967

Accession Number: 1969.2408

Brooch

Gilded metal brooch set with a central old European cut paste and surrounded by eight single cut pastes, hinged pin and hook on reverse.

Date: 1800-1820

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 101968

Accession Number: 2007.15.23

Brooch

Open gilt metal brooch with central round paste surrounded by six smaller pastes, hinged pin and hook on reverse

Date: 1800-1820

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 101969

Accession Number: 1963.74a

Brooch

Open marquise shaped brooch with pastes set in silver and two gold colored bars in center, hinged pin and hook on reverse.

Date: 1780-1810

Maker: unknown

Material: silver (metal)

GUSN: 101970

Accession Number: 1993.895

Brooch

Open rectangular brooch with a border of round pastes set in silver, hinged pin and safety clasp on reverse.

Date: 1780-1810

Maker: unknown

Material: silver (metal)

GUSN: 101971

Accession Number: 1993.894

Brooch

Oval brooch, made from a shoe buckle, with row of round pastes backed by foil set in silver with scalloped gold inner border, hinged pin and hook on reverse.

Date: 1800-1820

Maker: unknown

Material: silver (metal)

GUSN: 101972

Accession Number: 1937.634

Metal brooch in the shape of a cowboy riding a bucking horse set with colorless cubic zirconias, cowboy has a blue stone eye and the horse has a green glass eye, hinged pin and safety clasp on reverse.

Date: c. 1900

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 101973

Accession Number: 1932.2326

Ornament

Brass ornament of two interlocking open diamonds set with round colorless pastes, two loops at each side for sewing.

Date: 1920-1940

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy)

GUSN: 101974

Accession Number: 1947.209

Dress Clip

Metal dress clip set with round colorless rhinestones.

Date: 1930-1940

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 101975

Accession Number: 1947.223

Brooch

Gold brooch with foliate engraving set with a large old mine cut paste surrounded by a circle of eight smaller old mine cut pastes, hinged pin and hook on reverse.

Date: 1850-1860

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 101976

Accession Number: 1941.706

Brooch

Brooch of four large oval pastes, one rose cut and three old mine cut, in a quatrefoil shape set in a metal mount with a hinged pin and hook on reverse.

Date: 1790-1820

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 101977

Accession Number: 1946.694

Earring and Pendant

This set of paste jewelry currently consists of an earring and pendant, both set with a round cut paste surrounded by five teardrop cut pastes alternating with clusters of three smaller round pastes set in a pinchbeck metal frame. The pendant was once the second earring of the set. It was subsequent...

Date: 1760-1800

Maker: unknown

Material: paste (glass), pinchbeck

GUSN: 101978

Accession Number: 1936.147ab

Brooch

Girandole style brooch with old mine cut round and tear drop foil backed rock crystals set in a gold plated silver, hinged pin and safety clasp on reverse.

Date: 1850-1870

Maker: unknown

Material: silver (metal), glass (material)

GUSN: 101979

Accession Number: 1993.892

Brooch

This unmarked silver bar-style brooch has a large bezel-set, oval brilliant-cut clear stone. It closes with a hinged pin and hook on the reverse.

Date: 1890-1950

Maker: unknown

Material: silver (metal), quartz (mineral)

GUSN: 101980

Accession Number: 1993.888

Brooch

Bar brooch supporting a flexible link triangle of changable blue /violet to pink/brown stones (possibly sapphires) set in a gilt metal, hinged pin and hook on reverse.

Date: 1850-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 101981

Accession Number: 1969.3008

Bar Brooch

14k gold bar brooch set with alternating freshwater pearls and sapphires.

Date: 1900-1940

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 101982

Accession Number: 1993.885

Brooch

Bohemian glass garnet bow shaped brooch set in gold with hinged pin and hook on reverse

Date: 1860-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: gold (metal), garnet (mineral)

GUSN: 101983

Accession Number: 1993.897

Brooch

Large oval yellow topaz (with long, large feather inside) brooch set with six square prongs with engraved tops, hinged pin and hook and pendant fastener on reverse.

Date: 1870-1900

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 101984

Accession Number: 1993.887

Circle brooch

Circle brooch, made in the form of an old shoe buckle, with twelve bezel-set circular-cur beryls (some may be aquamarines) set in sterling silver.

Date: 1940-1960

Maker: Parenti (Jeweler)

Material: sterling silver, beryl, silver (metal)

GUSN: 101985

Accession Number: 2004.14.3

Brooch

Brooch constructed from a re-purposed bracelet clasp consisting of a large oval pink faceted paste set in a rectangular gold border with stepped corners, chased with floral designs. Later added closure on reverse with hinged pin and C clasp.

Date: 1840-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 101986

Accession Number: 1937.203

Brooch

Rectangular gold brooch with chased floral border center set with rectangular citrine, hinged pin and safety clasp hook on reverse.

Date: 1840-1860

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 101987

Accession Number: 1990.1396

Brooch

Oval cabochon turquoise (possibly Sleeping Beauty turquoise) brooch surrounded by a row of pearls and set in a gold mount, hinged pin and hook on reverse.

Date: 1880-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: turquoise (mineral), pearl (animal material), gold alloy

GUSN: 101988

Accession Number: 1990.1404

Brooch

Gold heart shaped brooch with blue enamel ground with white enamel border, center set with a silver flower set with old mine cut diamonds, all surrounded by a border of pearls, a heart shaped compartment and hinged pin and hook on reverse.

Date: 1880-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: silver (metal), gold alloy, pearl (animal material), enamel (fused coating)

GUSN: 101989

Accession Number: 1990.1403

Brooch

Fourteen point star shaped brooch with rose cut pyropes (bohemian garnets) set in a gold plated mount, hinged pin and safety clasp on reverse.

Date: 1860-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: garnet (mineral), gold alloy

GUSN: 101990

Accession Number: 1990.1399

Watch Pin

Navette-shaped pin with red guilloche enamel ground and white enamel border. The center is set with a pearl flanked by pear cut emeralds (enhanced with foil) and diamonds. From the center bottom of the pin is suspended a chain of gold scrolls and white enameled flowers. At the base of this chain is ...

Date: 1880-1910

Maker: unknown

Material: gold (metal), guilloche, diamond (mineral)

GUSN: 101991

Accession Number: 1990.141

Brooch

Oval cabochon amethyst brooch surrounded by a row of pearls and set in a gold mount, hinged pin and hook on reverse.

Date: 1880-1910

Maker: unknown

Material: amethyst (mineral), pearl (animal material), gold alloy

GUSN: 101992

Accession Number: 1990.1402

Brooch

This circular brooch is made up of concentric rings of cut, bezel-set blue paste stones and strung seed pearls. The center is set with a large baroque pearl surrounded by seed pearls, a row of bezel-set single-cut blue pastes, another row of seed pearls strung on gold wire, then the outermost row of...

Date: 1890-1910

Maker: unknown

Material: silver (metal), paste (glass), pearl (animal material), gold (metal)

GUSN: 101993

Accession Number: 1990.1384

Brooch

Silver brooch of six foliate engraved loops set with agates, center set with a silver flower, hinged pin and hook on reverse.

Date: 1850-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: silver (metal)

GUSN: 101994

Accession Number: 1932.657

Brooch

Bar brooch of four polished seeds connected with a wooden stickpin, separated by rose gold alloy rings, hinged pin and hook on reverse.

Date: 1850-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: copper (metal)

GUSN: 101995

Accession Number: 1932.844

Brooch

Bar shaped brooch with rounded corners set with multi-colored agates in a sterling silver mount with a twist rope border, hinged pin and hook on reverse.

Date: 1860-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 101996

Accession Number: 1938.1088

Brooch

Bar shaped brooch with rounded corners set with multi-colored agates in a metal mount, hinged pin and hook on reverse.

Date: 1860-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 101997

Accession Number: 1935.1449

Brooch in Case

Large rectangular flat translucent agate brooch set in a gold mount with a twist rope border, safety chain with gold pin attached and hinged pin and hook on reverse. Brown leather covered square case with canted corners.

Date: 1850-1880

Maker: unknown

Material: agate (chalcedony), gold (metal)

GUSN: 101998

Accession Number: 1941.1057

Watch Chain

Tortoiseshell watch chain consisting of large links.

Date: 1860-1880

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 101999

Accession Number: 1931.1794

Watch Chain

Tortoiseshell watch chain with oblong links with gold piqué posé inlay in a wave pattern, chased gold watch loop at end.

Date: 1870-1880

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 102000

Accession Number: 1936.275

Watch Chain

Tortoiseshell watch chain with gold piqué point stars on links.

Date: ca. 1868

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 102001

Accession Number: 1932.2101

Watch Chain

Tortoiseshell watch chain with gold loop at end and oval vulcanite locket with gold inlaid initial "N" at center, locket contains a paper picture of a dog with a blue ribbon.

Date: 1860-1880

Maker: unknown

Material: gold (metal), tortoise shell, vulcanite, rubber (material), chromolithography

GUSN: 102002

Accession Number: 1937.1369

Watch Chain

Tortoiseshell watch chain with large oval links and attached tortoiseshell locket with interlocking initials "ON" applied to the front, inside contains two empty compartments with glass bezels.The donor's father, Otis Norcross, most likely owned and wore this watch chain. Otis Norcross served as Bos...

Date: 1860-1880

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 102003

Accession Number: 1937.1370

Pair of Bracelets

Pair of tortoiseshell bracelets with pierced decoration and center plaque with an owl under an umbrella in relief.

Date: 1860-1880

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 102004

Accession Number: 1925.359ab

Necklace

This tortoiseshell necklace is composed of flat, pierced links with serrated edges forming a chain. The chain closes at the center back with an S-shaped clasp. An oval pendant with an inscribed plaque hangs from a central, flat tortoiseshell "o" ring. The plaque is decorated with an owl under an umb...

Date: 1860-1880

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 102005

Accession Number: 1925.360

Pair of Bracelets

This pair of tortoiseshell bracelets are each made from a single sheet of tortoiseshell curled to fit adjustably around the wrist without a closure mechanism. Each cuff is decorated with a circular plaque set with intertwined initials "LT" for the previous owner, Lydia Tripp.

Date: 1860-1880

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 102006

Accession Number: 1931.1792ab