Contributed by Tate House Museum
Description
Joseph Ingraham worked as a merchant and silversmith, creating small personal adornments, such as buckles and buttons in 19th century Portland.
His trade may account for this small cut, but unset, amethyst.
It descended to Darius Holbrook Ingraham, who was mayor of Portland, and whose wife was an early member of the National Society of Colonial Dames of America in the State of Maine, the organization that preserved Tate House. The Ingrahams were related to the Tates.
About This Item
- Title: Amethyst, Portland, ca. 1800
- Creation Date: circa 1800
- Subject Date: circa 1800
- Location: Portland, Cumberland County, ME
- Media: Amethyst
- Dimensions: 1.11 cm x 0.79 cm
- Local Code: 1967.9
- Object Type: Physical Object
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Standardized Subject Headings
- National Society of Colonial Dames of America in the State of Maine
- Tate Family
- Ingraham, Darius Holbrook, 1837-1923--Associated objects
- Tate, George, 1700-1794--Homes and haunts--Maine--Portland
- Gems--Amethyst
- Ingraham, Joseph H. (Joseph Holt), 1752-1841--Associated objects
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Tate House Museum1267 Westbrook Street, Portland, ME 04102
(207) 774-6177
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