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Cameo Pendant
This necklace strings together three cameos surrounded by pearls all with pastoral themes. The large central cameo depicts a boy and a girl with a dog in a landscape. Each cameo is inscribed on the back "H.M. Corbin" - likely meaning that these belonged to Hannah Maria Corbin (1832-1908, born Hannah Maria Wheeler). She married Austin Corbin, the banker and railroad owner. Their daughter, Isabella, married into the Edgell family. Either Isabella or her son George may have gifted this necklace to George's wife, who was born Jean Walters Delano. Jean was Jennie Walters Delano's daughter. Jennie (born Jennie Walters), was the daughter of William T. Walters and the brother of Henry Walters, who founded the Walters Art Museum.
Inscription
Provenance
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Hannah Maria Corbin (born Wheeler) [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Isabella Corbin Edgell (born Corbin), by inheritance (from her mother); Mr. George Harold Edgell by inheritance (from his moher); Mrs. Jean Walters Delano Edgell (his wife), by gift ; Mr. Henry Walters Edgell, Manchester, New Hampshire, by inheritance (from his mother); Mrs. Elizabeth Edgell, February 9, 1986, by gift [from her husband, Mr. Henry Walters Edgell]; Walters Art Museum, 2010, by gift.
Exhibitions
| 2006-2009 | Bedazzled: 5,000 Years of Jewelry from the Walters Art Museum. Frist Center for the Visual Arts, Nashville; The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota; The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore. |
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Elizabeth Edgell, 2010
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
2008.5.8