Historic New England

Brooch

Bar brooch set with six round, rosecut pastes set in gilded silver setting and hinged pin and hook on reverse.

Date: 1840-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: silver (metal)

GUSN: 101961

Accession Number: 1940.449

Brooch

Crescent shaped brooch with nine graduated round cut pastes set in gilded silver setting and hinged pin and hook on reverse.

Date: 1840-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: silver (metal)

GUSN: 101962

Accession Number: 1940.450

Brooch

Silver bar brooch with two paste rosettes joined by a silver scroll, hinged pin and hook on reverse.

Date: 1800-1820

Maker: unknown

Material: silver (metal)

GUSN: 101963

Accession Number: 1937.635

Brooch with Attached Stickpin

Gold circle pin set with round pastes with attached chain and a stickpin set with a round paste surrounded by a border of black enamel.

Date: 1870-1900

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 101964

Accession Number: 1990.1390

Brooch

Gold bar brooch set with a crown set round cut brilliant paste at top, hinged pin and hook on reverse.

Date: 1870-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 101965

Accession Number: 1993.893

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

Hair Ornament

Hair ornament with a spray of red plastic beads and a dyed red feathers.

Date: 1870-1899

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 102291

Accession Number: 1972.564

Compass Charm

Brass charm in the shape of a paddle set with a compass with a mother of pearl face on one side, reverse features a turtle in gold hanging from a string from a bamboo pole.

Date: 1860-1880

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy)

GUSN: 102292

Accession Number: 1974.395

Mummy Charm

Gold charm in the shape of a mummy sarcophagus with enameled decoration.

Date: 1900-1910

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 102293

Accession Number: 1974.398

Buffalo Charm

Gold painted metal charm in the shape of a buffalo.

Date: 1901

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 102294

Accession Number: 1974.397

Owl Charm

Black carved charm in the form of an owl with red glass eyes and brass terminals.

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material), brass (alloy)

GUSN: 102295

Accession Number: 1974.396

Teapot Charm

Metal charm in the shape of a teapot with a white silk ribbon attached.

Date: 1850-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 102296

Accession Number: 1972.522

Buckle

Oval tortoiseshell buckle with gold piqué point stars. Hook attachment on reverse.

Date: 1860-1880

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 102297

Accession Number: 1922.209

Brooch

This arrow-shaped tortoiseshell brooch is set with gold piqué point stars. It closes with a hinged pin and hook on the reverse.

Date: 1840-1860

Maker: unknown

Material: tortoise shell, gold (metal)

GUSN: 102298

Accession Number: 1922.220

Jewelry Set

Tortoiseshell jewelry set consisting of a round brooch inlaid with gold piqué point stars and circles and a pair of girandole style earrings inlaid with gold piqué point stars and crosses.

Date: 1860-1880

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 102299

Accession Number: 1969.3015.1-3

Bracelet

Tortoiseshell bracelet of rectangular links and a pendant in the shape of a padlock with gold piqué posé inlay around the edge.

Date: 1860-1880

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 102300

Accession Number: 2007.15.3

Pop bead necklace

This partial necklace is composed of round plastic faux pearl Pop beads, also called "Pop-it" beads, that connect by fitting a molded ball on one bead into a matching socket on the next bead in the sequence.

Date: ca. 1960

Maker: Possibly Coro, Inc. (Manufacturer) Possibly Richelieu (Manufacturer)

Material: plastic by property: thermoplastic or thermoset

GUSN: 102301

Accession Number: 1993.61

Pocket Watch, Chain and Fob

Gold pocket watch in hunter style case with open face. Gold watch chain consisting of rectangular links with blue enamel decoration, gun-shaped gold fob combination mechanical pencil attached with blue and red floral enamel decoration on handle

Date: 1832-1840

Maker: Mansir, Robert (Maker)

GUSN: 102302

Accession Number: 1926.576

Locket

Opalescent shell locket set in gilt metal hinged mount.

Date: 1850-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 102303

Accession Number: 1946.682

Locket

Opalescent shell locket set in gilt metal hinged mount.

Date: 1850-1865

Maker: unknown

Material: seashell, silver gilding

GUSN: 102304

Accession Number: 1930.163

Miniature Bottle Cap

This silver cap attached to a miniature bottle, now missing. The bottle was suspended from a silver chain attached to the top of the cap. Function of the bottle remains unknown but might have been for scent, smelling salts, or medicines. It could have been worn as a pendant or suspended from a chate...

Date: 1845-1865

Maker: unknown

Material: silver (metal)

GUSN: 102305

Accession Number: 1930.180