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Bracelet clasp (one of a pair)
Jefferys & Jones (English)
English
about 1789
Object Place: London, England
Medium/Technique
Gold; watercolor on ivory, hair
Dimensions
Height x width: 1 1/4 x 1 in. (3.2 x 2.5 cm)
Credit Line
Bequest of Mrs. M. A. Elton
Accession Number88.304
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment – Bracelets and armlets
DescriptionA painted scene of a woman and child underneath a tree in sepia tones. The painting is under glass and set within an octagonal gold frame. On each side of the clasp is a conforming piece of gold with ten holes which would have connected it to a multi-strand bracelet.
ProvenanceCollection of Mrs. E.A. Elton by 1888; to MFA February 1888, bequest.
"by Jefferys & Jones, goldsmiths & jewellers, Cockspur street near Charing Cross" "Painted at Jefferys and Jones, London." (from card)
"With hair of Mrs. Oliver Whipple and of her son Sylvester Gardiner Whipple & of her two daughters Hannah and Anne, at Jefferys & Jones, goldsmiths, London 1789." (from card)
"by Jefferys & Jones, goldsmiths & jewellers, Cockspur street near Charing Cross" "Painted at Jefferys and Jones, London." (from card)
"With hair of Mrs. Oliver Whipple and of her son Sylvester Gardiner Whipple & of her two daughters Hannah and Anne, at Jefferys & Jones, goldsmiths, London 1789." (from card)