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Identification and Creation

Object Number
32.1959.A
People
Samuel Drowne II, American (Portsmouth, NH 1749 - 1815 Portsmouth, NH)
Title
Buckle (one of a pair)
Classification
Jewelry
Work Type
jewelry
Date
18th-19th century
Places
Creation Place: North America, United States, New Hampshire, Portsmouth
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/232433

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Silver
Dimensions
6.7 x 5.4 cm (2 5/8 x 2 1/8 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Langdon family

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Loan from Harvard University; Gift of Miss Anne C. Langdon, 1959
Object Number
32.1959.A
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • The Decorative Arts of New Hampshire, 1725-1825, exh. cat., Currier Museum of Art (Manchester, NH, 1964), p. 23, fig. 119
  • Linda Ayres, Harvard Divided, exh. cat., Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1976), p. 96, cat. 48, ill.
  • Charles S. Parsons, New Hampshire Silver, Adams Brown Company (NH, 1983), p. 30 (with ill.)

Exhibition History

  • The Decorative Arts of New Hampshire, 1700-1825, Currier Museum of Art, Manchester, 07/01/1964 - 09/06/1964
  • Harvard Divided, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 06/03/1976 - 10/10/1976

Verification Level

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