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Italian
1863
Object Place: Europe, Rome, Italy

Medium/Technique Gold, enamel, and glass
Credit Line Bequest of Caroline Louise Williams French
Accession Number15.235
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Jewelry
ClassificationsJewelry / AdornmentBrooches

DescriptionMosaic medallion of a white dove with a green branch in its beak against a red groud bordered with dark blue. Gold and black enamel setting. Inscribed on back "CLWF; Septr. 10, 1863."
Provenance1915, bequest of Caroline Louisa Williams French (b. 1833 - d. 1914), Boston, to the MFA. (Accession Date: May 6, 1915)