A GOLD-MOUNTED TRANS-ATLANTIC CABLE FOB PENDANT

CIRCA 1858

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A GOLD-MOUNTED TRANS-ATLANTIC CABLE FOB PENDANT
Circa 1858
Circular with rope-twist borders enclosing on one side a cross-section of the trans-Atlantic cable, the other side engraved with a sailor holding a section of the cable and a life preserver, surmounted by the American shield and a shield with the Union Jack; apparently unmarked
1in. long

Lot Essay

This piece is a one of the numerous souvenirs produced to commemorate the first successful laying of the trans-Atlantic cable between the United States and Great Britain on August 5, 1858. Tiffany & Co., among others, created a whole line of accessories incorporating fragments of the cable.