necklace
- Museum number
- 1987,0516.43.a-b
- Description
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Two necklaces; 1987,0516.43.a with cast openwork circular and square elements suspended from a trace-chain with bolt-ring fastener; gold-coloured alloy; attached to an original showcard printed THE "TANGO" COLLAR; 1987,0516.43.b with cast leaf-shaped elements suspended from a curb-chain with bolt-ring fastener; bears tag printed WARSTONE BEST and 18 CT CASED; the prices per dozen and pattern numbers are annotated on both showcard and tag.
- Production date
- 1930-1940 (circa)
- Dimensions
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Length: 190 millimetres (showcard)
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Width: 62 millimetres (showcard)
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- Curator's comments
- See J. Rudoe, Jewellery Studies Vol. 3, 1989, pp.49-72. The substrate of the necklace is 10% zinc, the balance being copper; a sheet of rolled gold of approximately 16-18-carat is soldered to the substrate.
'Warstone Best' wasfirst registered in 1885.
- Location
- Not on display
- Condition
- 1987,0516.43.b has become detached from its showcard, now missing.
- Acquisition date
- 1987
- Department
- Britain, Europe and Prehistory
- Registration number
- 1987,0516.43.a-b