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Bracelet with crystal locket

English
about 1852
Object Place: England

Medium/Technique Gold, enamel, and crystal
Dimensions Overall: 3.3 x 19 x 1.1cm (1 5/16 x 7 1/2 x 7/16in.)
Other (at locket): 3.5cm (1 3/8in.)
Credit Line Gift of Miss Aimée and Miss Rosamond Lamb
Accession Number64.29
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Jewelry

DescriptionGold bracelet with articulated links of blue and white enamel; locket in center holds a crystal compartment (originally for hair?) with gilt monogram inside. (Locket can be removed and worn as a pendant.) Engraved on reverse: "To Catherine Abbott Lawrence from her affectionate friend Angela G. Burdett Coutts [or Coatts?], England 1852."
Inscriptions"To Catherine Abbott Lawrence from her affectionate friend Angela G. Burdett Coutts, England 1852."
ProvenanceGift to the MFA, 1964