AN AMERICAN GOLD BEAD NECKLACE AND CLASP

Lot 376
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Lot 376 | AN AMERICAN GOLD BEAD NECKLACE AND CLASP
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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





Provenance

The Collection of Philip Hammerslough.

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.



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.
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