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Object Number 985-27-10/60289F
Display Title Silver gorget or brooch, 1 of 6. Each has different stamped design
Descriptions
Object Description Silver gorget or brooch, 1 of 6. Each has different stamped design on exterior. Cutout hole in center of each. 2 have pins in the back, the rest are missing. "Joseph Loring" stamped on outside of one. "Nicholas Denny" incised on another. The rest have unknown words on the interior.
Inventory Description Ornament, silver, round, impressed and perforated design, silver pin at central
Classification
  • Ornament
Department Ethnographic
Date Late 18th century-Early 19th century
Culture
  • Passamaquoddy
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Maine
Materials Silver
Dimensions Overall: 11.9 x 11.9 x 1.2 cm (4 11/16 x 4 11/16 x 1/2 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object Each gorget has different markings; 985-27-10/60289f & JOSEPH LORING (engraved on front)
Credit Line Bequest of William H. Claflin, Jr., 1985
Provenance
Owner Daughter of W. Wallace Brown
Collector William H. Claflin, Jr. (?)
Collector W. Wallace Brown (1875)
Donor William H. Claflin, Jr. (1985)

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