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Commander Isaac HullPurser Thomas J. Chew National Cruise Commander William Bainbridge Gunner John Lord Battle with HMS Java Midshipman Pardon Mawney Whipple Arms and Armament Commander Charles Stewart Navigation Escaping a British Squadron Life at Sea Gunner George Sirian Medicine Ira Dye Collection on Early Seafarers Battle with HMS Guerriere James Sever Collection Souvenirs Captain John and Mrs. Caroline Gwinn War of 1812 U.S. Naval Academy School Ship Construction and Launch USS Constitution in Popular Culture Ship Portraits Apprentice Training Squadron Commander Isaac Hull Marines Battle with HMS Cyane and HMS LevantCommander Isaac HullPurser Thomas J. Chew National Cruise Commander William Bainbridge Gunner John Lord Battle with HMS Java Midshipman Pardon Mawney Whipple Arms and Armament Commander Charles Stewart Navigation Escaping a British Squadron Life at Sea Gunner George Sirian Medicine Ira Dye Collection on Early Seafarers Battle with HMS Guerriere James Sever Collection Souvenirs Captain John and Mrs. Caroline Gwinn War of 1812 U.S. Naval Academy School Ship Construction and Launch USS Constitution in Popular Culture Ship Portraits Apprentice Training Squadron Commander Isaac Hull Marines Battle with HMS Cyane and HMS Levant
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Ann Hull’s EarringsIsaac Hull’s Pocket Watch Portrait of Captain Isaac Hull Admission Ticket and Invitation to… Small Silver Urn Presented to… Isaac Hull’s Handkerchief Pair of Flintlock Pistols Presented… Dress Sword and Scabbard Presented… Congressional Gold Medal Awarded to… Letter from Paul Hamilton to… Collection of Isaac Hull Papers,… Ann Hull’s Earrings Vase Depicting Isaac Hull Hull’s Victory: or, Huzza for… Isaac Hull’s Seal Silver Urn Presented to Isaac… Isaac Hull’s Dress Sword and… Engraved proof of advertisement for… Ann Hull’s Fan Ann Hull’s CombAnn Hull’s EarringsIsaac Hull’s Pocket Watch Portrait of Captain Isaac Hull Admission Ticket and Invitation to… Small Silver Urn Presented to… Isaac Hull’s Handkerchief Pair of Flintlock Pistols Presented… Dress Sword and Scabbard Presented… Congressional Gold Medal Awarded to… Letter from Paul Hamilton to… Collection of Isaac Hull Papers,… Ann Hull’s Earrings Vase Depicting Isaac Hull Hull’s Victory: or, Huzza for… Isaac Hull’s Seal Silver Urn Presented to Isaac… Isaac Hull’s Dress Sword and… Engraved proof of advertisement for… Ann Hull’s Fan Ann Hull’s Comb

Ann Hull’s Earrings
This pair of gold and topaz-like pendant earrings belonged to Ann McCurdy (Hart) Hull, wife of Captain Isaac Hull. Ann and Isaac met sometime in the autumn of 1812, when Isaac was enjoying his newfound celebrity from USS Constitution‘s August 19, 1812 victory over HMS Guerriere. They married on January 2, 1813 and were together thirty years, until Isaac’s death in 1843.
Pendant-style earrings, composed of gemstones encircled with metal, were fashionable in the Early Victorian or Romantic Period of the 1830s and 1840s. Ann Hull’s earrings includes a flower motif surmounting the elegantly graceful teardrop pendant.
Date Created
1825-1849
Medium
Gold, Gemstone
Dimensions
[H]2 3/4 in. [W]1/2 in.
Catalog Number
1000.2a,b
Credit Line
USS Constitution Museum Collection. Mr. Roger C. Elliot Gift.
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