This gold shield-shaped fob, meant to hang from a man's watchchain, is set with a sardonyx stone intaglio-carved with a capital "T" on one side and an onyx stone intaglio-carved with a capital "S" on the other, possibly for the previous owner, Samuel Tripp.
Date:
1860-1880
Maker:
unknown
Material:
gold (metal), sardonyx, onyx (mineral), intaglio (sculpture technique)
GUSN:
102269
Accession Number:
1931.1797