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Pendant

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Collection Type

  • Jewelry

Date

ca. 1935

GUSN

GUSN-102142

Description

This pendant is made from cast, oxidized white metal and set with a leaf-shaped green glass stone in the center cut with grooves to resemble leaf veins. Above the central stone are a pair of smaller metal leaves, the stems of which form a loop. The smaller leaves and the series of rays outlining the main glass leaf are each set with small, brilliant-cut green pastes.

Details

Descriptive Terms

pendants (jewelry)
glass (material)
white metal
Pendant

Label

The owners of Brier Manufacturing named their company Little Nemo after their favorite cartoon character. The third-largest employer in Providence at its height, Little Nemo produced a wide range of affordable costume jewels.

Inscription

"L/N" (Stamped)

Additional Identification Number

1593

Maker

Little Nemo Manufacturing Co. (Manufacturer)

Location of Origin

Providence, RI

Dimensions

1 13/16 x 1 3/8 x 1/2 (HxWxD) (inches)

Credit Line

Bequest of Katherine L. Rust

Accession Number

1947.210

Reference Notes

An identical pendant is pictured in Bell, C. Jeanenne, "Answers and Questions to Old Jewelry," 6th ed. (2003): 332. For more information on costume jewelry see Cera, Deanna Farneti, ed. "Jewels of Fantasy: Costume Jewelry of the 20th Century," (1992).

Places

Rhode Island (United States)
Providence (Providence county, Rhode Island)

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