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Title: Turquoise and silver necklace Accession Number: 2005.34.325 Category: CLOTHING & ACCESSORIES - ADORNMENT Type: necklace Maker: Place: Date: Materials: metal Description: Necklace; Turquoise and silver necklace; from the collection of Captain Richard C. Mears (1829-1899); necklace, most likely silver plated, with a spring ring clasp and partial chain, with a large "turquoise" pendant surounded in an elaborately decorated setting of the same silver plated metal; on either side of the large pendant are flat, silver plated beads, followed by a small version of the large pendant, and then one more flat silver bead (so the pattern on each side is "silver bead, turquoise pendant, silver bead).

Mystic Seaport Image ID m431910    Information regarding reproductions