Condition Report
Contact Information
Auction Specialist
Lot 233
Sale 6332 - American Furniture, Folk and Decorative Arts
Apr 29, 2025
10:00AM ET
Live / Philadelphia
Own a similar item?
Estimate
$30,000 -
50,000
Price Realized
$24,320
Sold prices are inclusive of Buyer’s Premium
Lot Description
A Mourning Brooch With Hair Of George Washington Mounted In A Gilt Bronze And Glass Vitrine
Vitrine Circa 1900
the vitrine with an engraved plaque reading, "Mourning Pin/ Containing the hair of/ General George Washington/ Presented Through/ Fort Greene Chapter/ By Its Founder/ Mrs. S. White", accompanied by a hand-written note, "When Geo. Washington died this pin was made as a mourning pin which was the custom in that day. It was given to Lucy Payne who married George Steptoe Washington. Lucy was the sister of Dolly Madison. She gave it to her granddaughter Eugenia Washington."
1 3/4 x 1 1/2 inches (brooch), Height 6 1/2 x width 7 x depth 5 3/8 inches (case).