Bracelet

This bracelet combines an elaborate hairwork band and a large oval frame outlined in black enamel and seed pearls. Included inside the frame is a tiny wooden doll made of pegs. Peg dolls, sometimes called Dutch dolls, were introduced in the early eighteenth century in Germany and were made in a variety of sizes. The bracelet is inscribed: “In memory of William Endicott, Obt. July 23d. 1846 AE 78 years.” William was born in 1769 in Massachusetts and wed Thankful Price on November 3, 1814 in Boston. They had one daughter, Charlotte, born 1816. Thankful died in 1835 at the age of 53. The bracelet may be made from Charlotte or Thankful’s hair, and was likely given as a gift to Charlotte upon her father’s death.