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Tortoiseshell watch chain with gold piqué point stars on links.
fobs
accessories
watches
CHAIN, WATCH
1452
Unknown
1/2 in (W) (inches)
1932.2101
"Hidden Treasures from Elegant Eras," Historic Jewelry from the Collections of the Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities presented by Shreve, Crump & Low, September 15 - November 30, 1995.
This watch chain is pictured in Fales, Martha Gandy, "Jewelry in America, 1600-1900," (1995): color plate 132. For more information on tortoiseshell jewelry see Bury, Shirley, "Jewellery, 1789-1910," v. 1 (1991): 259-263; Dawes, Ginny Reddington & Corinne Davidov, "Victorian Jewelry: Unexplored Treasures," (1991): 132-138; Fales, Martha Gandy, "Jewelry in America, 1600-1900," (1995): 223-227; Gere, Charlotte, "American & European Jewelry, 1830-1914," (1975): 114-115.
Title Hair pin Accession Number 1926.69
Title Hair pin Accession Number 1926.70
Title Hair pin Accession Number 1926.71
Title Hair bracelet Accession Number 1926.77
Title Hair bracelet Accession Number 1926.78
Title Tortoiseshell watch chain Accession Number 1932.2101
Title Black jet and gilt bead hair ornament Accession Number 1932.2627
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