Tieback

Item Information

Title:
Tieback
Description:
Circular mirror knobs have enamel portrait on front on white ground; transfer printed with hand painting of woman seen in profile; dark curly hair, white scarf, yellow dress; knob has copper lip and turned copper shaft terminating in screw ending.
Date:
1795–1805
Format:
Objects/Artifacts
Genre:
copper (metal)
enamel paint
painting (image-making)
hand-painted
transfer printing
tiebacks (fasteners)
Location:
Historic New England
Collection (local):
Digitized Museum Collections
Subjects:
figure- and animal-derived motifs
women (female humans)
Enamel
Copper
Transfer Printed
Painted
Woman
Places:
New Hampshire > Rockingham (county) > Portsmouth
Rundlet-May House (Portsmouth, N.H.)
Extent:
2 in. (H) Diameter: 2 in.
Link to Item:
http://gusn.us/5283
Terms of Use:
Rights status not evaluated.
Contact host institution for more information.
Notes:
Gift of Ralph May
Accession #:
1971.642.2
Identifier:
5283