Object Record
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Metadata
Object Name |
Necklace |
Catalog Number |
0985.13.01360e |
Date |
ca. 1861-1865 |
Description |
Part of a necklace made of gutta-percha round links. It is part of six pieces broken apart. This piece is a section of rounded links. |
Dimensions |
W-0.25 L-4.5 inches |
Owned |
Fitzhugh Carter; Alice Leigh |
Made |
unidentified Confederate POWs |
Provenance |
The necklace was made from buttons by Confederate POWs and was sold at a Confederate bazaar in Liverpool, England. Capt. Fitzhugh Carter of the Confederate States Navy purchased it and then gave it to Miss Alice Leigh of New York (formerly of Richmond, VA). |
People |
Carter, Fitzhugh Leigh, Alice |
Search Terms |
Liverpool, England, Great Britain Southern Prisoners' Relief Fund (tentative) Southern Bazaar |
Subjects |
POW's Prisoners of war Bazaars Fundraisers Fund raising Fund raisers jewelry Blockade running Blockades |