Object Record
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Metadata
Object Name |
Brooch |
Catalog Number |
0985.13.01333 |
Description |
The brooch is carved from gutta-percha with an engraved silver inlay with surrounding etchings, in the shape of a book. There is silver inlaid into the binding. |
Dimensions |
H-0.675 W-0.5 L-0.3 inches |
Owned |
unidentified Confederate POW |
Made |
Creator unknown, Confederate POW, Fort Delaware |
Provenance |
An unknown Confederate POW made this gutta-percha and silver inlay brooch while he was imprisoned at Fort Delaware. |
People |
unidentified Confederate POW |
Search Terms |
Fort Delaware |
Subjects |
POW's Prisoners of war jewelry |