Partially displayed, a thin gold hoop necklace. Hanging from the hoop are separate forms; the first form is a equally thin gold beam which holds three upside-down white cones of various sizes, and and at the very end is triangle tip. The second form (to the viewers right side) is the same gold beam but a tad shorter, with three white discs stacked upon each other and a gold triangle at the end. To the right of that (according to viewers perspective) is the final accent form; two gold beams that connect together, creating a triangle. It contains two small but different sized white spheres and a singular cone.

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1982	Work on this object began.
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Three Cone Necklace Necklace

This is a necklace. It was designed by Wendy Ramshaw. It is dated 1982 and we acquired it in 2016. Its medium is gold, nickel alloy, unglazed stoneware (jasperware). It is a part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts department.

This necklace is an example of Ramshaw’s collaboration with British ceramics manufacturer, Wedgwood, using individually crafted white jasperware cones, spheres and discs to create a playfully kinetic design.

This object was donated by Susan Lewin. It is credited The Susan Grant Lewin Collection, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum.

Strainer
lead-glazed earthenware ("cream ware").
1937-42-1

Bell Pull
tinted and molded stoneware (jasperware).
Gift of Anonymous Donor.
1952-166-109

Rings And Stand, 1999–2000
gold, amethyst, blue topaz, emerald (rings), painted wood (stand).
Museum purchase from General Acquisitions Endowment Fund.
2001-13-1/7

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Drawing, Decorative Design with Two Cones

Drawing, Decorative Design with Two Cones
graphite on thin cream paper, lined.
Gift of Elaine Lustig Cohen.
2000-20-18

Its dimensions are

H x W x D: 39.5 × 17.2 × 2.5 cm (15 9/16 in. × 6 3/4 in. × 1 in.)

It has the following markings

Stamped on left part of clasp, 'WR'; also on clasp, on left 'WEDG and on right 'WOOD' forming one word when closed.

Cite this object as

Three Cone Necklace Necklace; Designed by Wendy Ramshaw (English, b. 1939); gold, nickel alloy, unglazed stoneware (jasperware); H x W x D: 39.5 × 17.2 × 2.5 cm (15 9/16 in. × 6 3/4 in. × 1 in.); The Susan Grant Lewin Collection, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum; 2016-34-94

This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition Jewelry of Ideas: Gifts from the Susan Grant Lewin Collection.

Short URL http://cprhw.tt/o/2kgsWX/
Accession Number 2016-34-94
Object ID 874387523