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Choker

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Collection Type

  • Jewelry

Date

1910-1935

GUSN

GUSN-102100

Description

Velvet choker set with cut steel rosettes.

Details

Descriptive Terms

chokers
necklaces
NECKLACE

Inscription

"This belonged to Jane A Mifflin / (Mrs. George H) she always wore it around / her neck with evening dress in later / life / (INITIALED) / Mr. Phillips" (Handwritten and typed)

Associated Person

Mifflin, Jane Appleton Phillips, 1852-1935

Associated Building

Original to Phillips House (Salem, Mass.),

Additional Identification Number

1551

Maker

Unknown

Location of Origin

American [use]

Dimensions

1 1/4 in (W) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of the Stephen Phillips Memorial Charitable Trust for Historic Preservation

Accession Number

2006.44.285

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