Cameos Mounted as Bracelet

Wedgwood and Sons

Caption

Wedgwood and Sons (British, Staffordshire, 1759–present). Cameos Mounted as Bracelet, ca. 1850. Tinted Stoneware, Cameo: 5/8 x 3/4 in. (1.6 x 1.9 cm) 3/4 x 1 in. (1.9 x 2.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Estate of Emily Winthrop Miles, 64.82.52.

Gallery

Not on view

Title

Cameos Mounted as Bracelet

Date

ca. 1850

Medium

Tinted Stoneware

Classification

Jewelry

Dimensions

Cameo: 5/8 x 3/4 in. (1.6 x 1.9 cm) 3/4 x 1 in. (1.9 x 2.5 cm)

Signatures

no siignature

Inscriptions

no inscriptions

Markings

Five cameos have "WEDGWOOD" impressed on back (the sixth is covered with the silver of the clasp); first two cameos are marked with an "X"; the next with an "H". no marks

Credit Line

Gift of the Estate of Emily Winthrop Miles

Accession Number

64.82.52

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