Collection Highlights
View of Brooklyn from the Brooklyn Bridge, Brooklyn, New York
after 1883
1904.22
Black ink, white gouache, and graphite on photo-sensitive paper, laid on card
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Brooch (mourning)
Object name
Brooch (mourning)
Date
1832
Medium
Gold, pearls, hair, glass
Dimensions
Overall: 3/8 x 7/8 x 5/8 in. ( 1 x 2.2 x 1.6 cm )
Description
Rectangular gold mourning brooch with hinged inscription, pin and hook on reverse; obverse has beveled glass oculus with hair worked in a Turk's knot beneath, bordered with chased garland, surrounded by seed pearls, scalloped outer edge is beaded.
Object Number
Z.2264
Marks
engraved: reverse: "J Derby (Oct?) / Nov 26th 1831 / AE 64 ys / M Prince (Oct?) / Jan 22d 1832 / AE 68 ys"
Gallery Label
This mourning brooch commemorates John Derby (d. 1831) and his sister Martha Derby Prince (d. 1832), whose hair is in the oculus. John was the father of Sarah Ellen Derby (Mrs. John Rogers, 1805-1877), and grandfather of sculptor John Rogers.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.