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New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2008.
Brooch
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2008.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2008.

Brooch

CultureChinese
Dateca. 1850
MediumGold with tiger teeth
DimensionsOverall: 2 1/2 x 1 1/2 in. (6.4 x 3.8 cm)
InscribedStamped in the gold mount of the brooch: rectangle with Chinese symbols 20 CW.
Credit LineGift of Rev. Moss W. Armistead
Object number87.261A
Not on view
ProvenanceGift of Rev. Moss W. Armistead, Portsmouth, VA, to the Chrysler Museum of Art, 1987.