SHENANDOAH VALLEY OF VIRGINIA AND RELATED HAIR-WORK AND OTHER ARTICLES, LOT OF 10 PIECES, comprising two hair-work mourning brooches with black enameled accents consisting of one with two different woven-hair pieces over fabric and one with swirled loose blond and brown hair having "S.F.C." engraved to back, two oval-cut tintypes of women with one in the dark-colored bodice having "Martha / Jennings / G Mother" hand-written to back, an oval-shaped piece of brown silk fabric with adhered paper having hand-written note of "Amanda / Pennybacker / Brock / G. Mother", possibly being the identity of the other sitter, and five ovoid frame/brooch parts of two beveled-edge glass panels, two frames, and one brooch frame with pin fastener. Unmarked. 19th century. Woven hair-work brooch 1 1/2" x 1 1/4" OA.
Provenance: From the John H. and Joan S. Byrd estate collection, Harrisonburg, VA.
Fair to very good overall condition with wear and other imperfections including surface scratches, bending, dents, nicks, and/or worn spots to finishes; woven hair-work brooch lacking pin fastener with splits at terminal on back; tintypes with wear along edges.