Brooch, ca. 1770, Made in United States, British, silver and garnet, 1 1/8 x 1 1/4 in. (2.9 x 3.2 cm), with pin, Jewelry, This heart-shaped brooch, which secures William Duguid’s ruffled shirt in a portrait by Prince Demah Barnes, descended in the family of the sitter. Brooches of this type were popular accessories in eighteenth-century England and America and were customarily set with deep red garnets, a gemstone associated with love
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Brooch, ca, 1770, United States, British, silver, garnet, 1 1/8 x 1 1/4, 2.9 3.2 cm, pin, Jewelry, heart-shaped, brooch, secures William, Duguid, ruffled, shirt, portrait, Prince Demah, Barnes, descended, family, sitter, Brooches, type, popular accessories, eighteenth-century England, America, customarily set, deep red, garnets, gemstone associated, love
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