Collection Highlights
Contraband Camp -- Harper's Ferry, VA
Date:
1865
Object Number:
PR.065.815.7
Medium:
Stereograph
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Brooch
Object Number:
INV.769l
Date:
1820-1880
Medium:
Lava, gold, other metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 5/8 x 1 1/8 x 1 1/4 in. ( 1.6 x 2.9 x 3.2 cm )
Description:
Oval lava cameo brooch set in gold a-jour setting with hinged pin and hook on reverse; cameo depicts bacchant in deep relief.
Gallery Label:
Lava cameos were popular among American tourists in Europe during the nineteenth century, as a momento of Mount Vesuvius.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
