Item:  Ivory Cross Commemorating loss of an infant

Reference #: 6251

Status: sold

Dimensions: approx. 1 and 3/4 inches by 3 inches

Condition: excellent

Year: 1820-40; possibly earlier

Description:  A very moving piece of memorial jewelry.  Good detail in the ivory carving.  This piece symbolizes that the child is "sleeping with Jesus".  

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