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PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF GLORIA MANNEY
AN AMERICAN GOLD BEAD NECKLACE AND CLASP
MARK OF THOMAS ARNOLD, NEWPORT, RHODE ISLAND, CIRCA 1770
Details
AN AMERICAN GOLD BEAD NECKLACE AND CLASP
MARK OF THOMAS ARNOLD, NEWPORT, RHODE ISLAND, CIRCA 1770
The oval clasp engraved with a phoenix within scrolling foliage and in a border of leaves, the reverse engraved with a later script monogram over a contemporary block monogram, on a string of oval yellow and pink gold beads, marked on reverse of clasp TA in an oval
20 ½ in. (52.1 cm.) long, flat
10 dwt. (15 oz.) gross weight
MARK OF THOMAS ARNOLD, NEWPORT, RHODE ISLAND, CIRCA 1770
The oval clasp engraved with a phoenix within scrolling foliage and in a border of leaves, the reverse engraved with a later script monogram over a contemporary block monogram, on a string of oval yellow and pink gold beads, marked on reverse of clasp TA in an oval
20 ½ in. (52.1 cm.) long, flat
10 dwt. (15 oz.) gross weight
Provenance
The Collection of Philip Hammerslough.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, New York, 19 January 1990, lot 214.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, New York, 19 January 1990, lot 214.
Literature
Philip Hammerslough, American Silver, vol. II, Hartford, 1960, p. 98.
Peter J. Bohan, American Gold, New Haven, 1963, p. 34, no. 47.
Peter J. Bohan, American Gold, New Haven, 1963, p. 34, no. 47.
Exhibited
New Haven, Connecticut, Yale University Art Gallery, American Gold 1700-1860, 2 April - 28 June 1963.
New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art, long term loan, 2009-2022.
New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art, long term loan, 2009-2022.
Sale room notice
Please note that the original cataloguing for this lot incorrectly listed the weight as 10 dwt. (15 oz.) gross weight. The correct weight for this lot is 10 dwt. (15 gr.) gross weight.
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