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about 1830
Length: 105.4 cm (41 1/2 in.)
Overall: 3.5 x 5 x 2 cm (1 3/8 x 1 15/16 x 13/16 in.)
Gold and enamel
Classification: Jewelry / Adornment
Culture: English or French
Accession number: 2011.493
Description: Fine high karat gold, openwork wire neck chain with elaborate tasel-like terminals and a central, oval slide decorated with granulation and cannetille wirework. In original, unmarked box indicating that there were matching earrings.
Provenance/Ownership History: Probably by the late 19th century, Josephine Cutter Burnett (b. 1830 – d. 1906), Boston; by descent to her granddaughter, Elizabeth Choate Spykman (b. 1896 – d. 1965), Boston; by inheritance to her daughters, Angelica Harter, Cambridge, MA and Patricia Winer, Bethany, CT; 2011, gift of Angelica Harter and Patricia Winer to the MFA. (Accession Date: September 21, 2011)
Gift of Angelica S. Harter and Patricia S. Winer