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Pendant

Collection Type

  • Jewelry

Date

1900-1901

GUSN

GUSN-102308

Description

Silver circular pendant with a perpetual calendar, cast foliage at top.

Details

Descriptive Terms

pendants (jewelry)
silver (metal)
PENDANT

Inscription

Front: "THE PERPETUAL / CALENDAR / [lion passant hallmark]" Reverse: "PATENT / F.W.P & Co. / [anchor, lion passant, date letter a]" (Engraved and hallmarked)

Associated Building

Original to Codman House (Lincoln, Mass.),

Additional Identification Number

1759

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

1 3/8 in x 15/16 in x 1/16 in (HxWxD) (inches)

Credit Line

Bequest of Dorothy S.F.M. Codman

Accession Number

1969.3613

Reference Notes

For more information on the Codman estate see the entire issue of "Old Time New England" 71, no. 258 (1981).

Date

1900-1901 (hallmark date)

Places

Birmingham (Birmingham borough, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom)

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