| Identifier: | TMC_0001 |
| Title: | Brooch |
| Description: | Copper colored metal brooch has a pointed oval shape and a glass top covering an enclosed lock of brown hair. The rim on the front has blue enamel paint with gold trim and six white circles in gold squares at regular intervals (at each side, two on top and two on bottom). The pin fastens in back with a latch. Brooch contains hair of Maria Brown (Mrs. Moses) Austin. |
| State: | Texas |
| Country: | Mexico; Republic of Texas; United States |
| Date: | circa 1824-1851 |
| Source: | UT Texas Memorial Museum Collection |
| Publisher: | Dolph Briscoe Center for American History |
| Rights: | Dolph Briscoe Center for American History |
| Box: | UTA 0.118c SR 3.3 Bx R |
| Format: | Brooches |
| Size: | 3.2 cm x 2 cm |
| Other ID: | TMM 331-9 |
| Subject: |
Texas--History--Republic, 1836-1846 |
