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Necklace

Collection Type

  • Jewelry

Date

ca. 1880

GUSN

GUSN-102467

Description

Silk ribbon necklace set with seventeen oval silk covered beads painted with white flowers, large silk covered oval pendant painted with white flowers and a flying bird.

Details

Descriptive Terms

necklaces
NECKLACE

Inscription

Front: "Painted by / Lydia A. Trippe / wife of / Samuel G. Trippe / about 1880" Back: "Presented by her granddaughter / Alice B. Chace." (Ink)

Additional Identification Number

1918

Maker

Unknown

Location of Origin

United States

Dimensions

1 in; 3 1/8 in (with pendant) (W) (inches)

Accession Number

1931.1638

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