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Culture:English
Title:mirror knob
Date Made:1780-1790
Type:Household Accessory
Materials:base metal: brass; enamel
Place Made:United Kingdom; England; Battersea
Measurements:overall: 2 1/8 x 1 3/4 x 2 1/2 in.; 5.4102 x 4.445 x 6.35 cm
Accession Number:  HD 84.045A
Credit Line:Gift of Mrs. Harold G. Duckworth
Museum Collection:  Historic Deerfield

Description:
One of a pair of mirror knobs, decorated with enamel on brass mounts. Each has a picture of a a young girl with long brown curls, wearing a tall red hat with blue ribbons tied with a purple bow, and a white shawl with purple trim pulled forward over a yellow dress.

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