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1931	We acquired this object.
2015	We photographed this object.
2024	You found it!

Gold and steel watch chain Chatelaine

This is a Chatelaine. It is dated 19th century and we acquired it in 1931. Its medium is gold, cut steel. It is a part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts department.

This object was bequest of Sarah Cooper Hewitt. It is credited Bequest of Sarah Cooper Hewitt.

A metal snake chain necklace attached to a pendant with a large ring. Six smaller pendants are attached to the large ring using multiple sized smaller rings to secure each pendant/object and rings with no attachments, five objects are made of metal. One pendant is a rounded and tapered disk on both sides with an opening in the center for the ring. Four objects are in the form of spikes with tapered edges in differed sizes, one has a contrasting wire wrapped around it and the the longest spike is centered. The final pendant is a flat disk with a pattern and a hole in the center for a ring to be attached to the center ring.

Reflections of St. Mary's Necklace
sterling silver, gold, carved slate.
The Susan Grant Lewin Collection, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum.
2016-34-109

Its dimensions are

H x W x D: 24.5 x 5 x 1 cm (9 5/8 x 1 15/16 x 3/8 in.)

Cite this object as

Gold and steel watch chain Chatelaine; France; gold, cut steel; H x W x D: 24.5 x 5 x 1 cm (9 5/8 x 1 15/16 x 3/8 in.); Bequest of Sarah Cooper Hewitt; 1931-6-196

Short URL http://cprhw.tt/o/2BVwT/
Accession Number 1931-6-196
Object ID 18325499