Collection Highlights
Four Portraits of North American Indians; verso: sketch of brave riding a horse and shooting a bow and arrow
1859
1941.1209
Oil on gray marbleized prepared heavy textured paper
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Cloak pins (pair)
Object name
Cloak pins (pair)
Date
1805-1809
Medium
Brass
Dimensions
Overall: 3 x 2 1/8 in. ( 7.6 x 5.4 cm )
Description
Pair of brass cloak pins with circular faces; each with stamped image of bust of Thomas Jefferson, with "JEFFERSON" stamped at bottom of bust; turned post with threaded screw at end.
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. J. Insley Blair
Object Number
1941.929ab
Marks
stamped: below bust: "JEFFERSON"
stamped: on base of bust: "M. & P. F"
Gallery Label
Marchant was probably the designer of these cloak pins and Pingo the engraver. Both men were active in London. The dies that they created were most likely sent to Matthew Boulton's Soho manufactory in Birmingham for production. Metal disks stamped with profile portraits, such as those used in these cloak pins, were also incorporated into mirror knobs, chimney hooks, curtain knobs, cabinet handles, and box lids. (See D. L. Fennimore, "Metalwork in Early America," Winterthur, 1996, p. 383.)
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
