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Maker(s):Unknown
Culture:American
Title:Lion of Lucerne
Type:Decoration
Materials:plaster
Measurements:1 3/4 in. x 1 9/16 in.
Accession Number:  MH SK B.15.W.7.1
Credit Line:Joseph Allen Skinner Museum, Mount Holyoke College
Museum Collection:  The Joseph Allen Skinner Museum at Mount Holyoke College

Label Text:
A plaster copy of the Lion of Lucerne, mounted in a thin gold oval, forming a brooch, said to have been owned and worn by Martha Washington. (Martha Washington died in 1802; the Lion of Lucerne was erected in 1822.) The whole mounted in a hand carved wooden frame. Marked in ink From E. Custis - Dr. Hurd Collection - Abington, Va. Brooch 1 3/4" x 1 9/16". Cat. 11/11/1935.

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