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Bracelet constructed from a wide braid of nine individual tableworked strands of brown human hair. The ends of the braid are held in gold-plated half-round, scalloped caps with scrolled engraving. The caps are hinged to the scallop-edged gold clasp on both sides. Closure at one hinged edge with a pressure slide and groove clasp. The clasp is set with a small, oval glass-covered reserve containing braided human hair. Bracelet has a short gold safety chain.
bracelets (jewelry)
braiding
hair
stamping (forming)
weaving
gold alloy
plating (metal coating)
engraving (action)
Jewelry
Bracelet
Gold Plate
Hair
Woven
Braided
Stamped
Etched
Love
Mourning
Bracelet
Original to Castle Tucker (Wiscasset, Me.),
Unknown
0.875 x 0.375 (WxD) (inches)
Gift of Miss Jane S. Tucker
1998.5148
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