Brooch

Unknown

ca. 1770 · silver and garnet · The American Wing

This heart-shaped brooch, which secures William Duguid’s ruffled shirt in a portrait (2010.105) by Prince Demah Barnes, descended in the family of the sitter. Brooches of this type were popular accessories in eighteenth-century England and America and were customarily set with deep red garnets, a gemstone associated with love.

Artist

Unknown

Date

ca. 1770

Medium

silver and garnet

Culture

British

Department

The American Wing

Credit line

Friends of the American Wing Fund, 2010