Brooch
This heart-shaped brooch, which secures William Duguid’s ruffled shirt in a portrait (2010.105) by Prince Demah Barnes, descended in the family of the sitter. Brooches of this type were popular accessories in eighteenth-century England and America and were customarily set with deep red garnets, a gemstone associated with love.
Artwork Details
- Title: Brooch
- Date: ca. 1770
- Geography: Made in United States
- Culture: British
- Medium: silver and garnet
- Dimensions: 1 1/8 x 1 1/4 in. (2.9 x 3.2 cm), with pin
- Credit Line: Friends of the American Wing Fund, 2010
- Object Number: 2010.106
- Curatorial Department: The American Wing
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