Pocket Shrine
date: label: date made
content: ca 1800
notes: label: Description
content: This ivory pocket shrine contains a carved representation of the Madonna and child. The shrine was owned by John Brenton Copp during the late 19th century, who converted to Catholicism later in his life.
label: Description
content: The Copp Collection contains a variety of household objects that the Copp family of Connecticut used from around 1700 until the mid-1800s. Part of the Puritan Great Migration from England to Boston, the family eventually made their home in New London County, Connecticut, where their textiles, clothes, utensils, ceramics, books, bibles, and letters provide a vivid picture of daily life. More of the collection from the Division of Home and Community Life can be viewed by searching accession number 28810.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place used
content: United States: New England
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content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
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content: Copp Collection
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content: Domestic Furnishings
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of John Brenton Copp
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: DL.006537
label: catalog number
content: 6537
label: accession number
content: 28810
objectType: label: Object Name
content: shrine, pocket
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: ivory (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 1/8 in x 5/8 in; 5.3975 cm x 1.5875 cm