Title
Locket Engraver Tooth
Date19th Century
Mediumwhale ivory
Dimensions2 1/8 × 5 in. (5.4 × 12.7 cm)
Donor credit lineKendall Whaling Museum Collection Transfer
Object number2001.100.787
Institutional Credit LineCourtesy of the New Bedford Whaling Museum
DescriptionMonochrome engraved both sides. Recto: Half-length portrait of a woman with her hair in side curls, parted in the center; wearing a simple gown belted at the waist with a ribbon bow, a necklace with a cross, and a longer chain with a miniature portrait of a man, which she holds in her left hand. Verso: USA patriotic spread eagle grasping olive branches and American shield in its right talon, arrows in its left (an unusual arrangement) .ProvenanceKendall Whaling Museum; New Bedford Whaling MuseumOn View
Not on view
19th Century
20th Century
Circa 1837
19th Century
19th Century
19th Century
