A SPANISH HEAVY SECTION OF GOLD CHAIN comprising thirty-five links of spirally twisted design, early 17th Century (266.9 grams; 9.41oz)

細節

A SPANISH HEAVY SECTION OF GOLD CHAIN comprising thirty-five links of spirally twisted design, early 17th Century (266.9 grams; 9.41oz)
47.0cm. long

來源

Recovered from an unidentified wreck off the Southern coast of Florida

拍品專文

The wearing of long gold chains by men and women was a widespread fashion in 16th and 17th Century Europe, and contemporary portraits show them being used for ceremonial reasons or as evidence of personal importance or material success.

For other gold chains from ships of the 1722 Spanish Plate Fleet cf. Gold and Silver of the Atocha and the Santa Margarita,
Christie's New York, 14-15 June 1988, lots 131-134, 136-138, 152, 171, 172 and 174