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Gold locket
Daniel Russell, Sr. (about 1698–1771)
about 1740
Object Place: Newport, Rhode Island, United States
Medium/Technique
Gold
Dimensions
Overall: 2.5cm (1in.)
Credit Line
The Philip Leffingwell Spalding Collection—Given in his memory by Katharine Ames Spalding and Philip Spalding, Oakes Ames Spalding, and Hobart Ames Spalding
Accession Number42.249
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment
Catalogue Raisonné
Buhler, 1972, No. 487
DescriptionEngraved with cross-hatched ellipse in center with ten rayed scallops around it; triple lines in angles at rim.
ProvenanceBuhler Entry: Unknown.
Collection of Philip Leffingwell Spalding by 1933; lent to MFA December 15, 1933. Transferred to Mrs. Philip L. Spalding October 10, 1940. To MFA for "The Philip Leffingwell Spalding Collection" by Katharine Ames Spalding, Philip Spalding, Oakes Ames Spalding, and Hobart Ames Spalding, April 9 and 16, 1942, given in memory of Philip Leffingwell Spalding.
Collection of Philip Leffingwell Spalding by 1933; lent to MFA December 15, 1933. Transferred to Mrs. Philip L. Spalding October 10, 1940. To MFA for "The Philip Leffingwell Spalding Collection" by Katharine Ames Spalding, Philip Spalding, Oakes Ames Spalding, and Hobart Ames Spalding, April 9 and 16, 1942, given in memory of Philip Leffingwell Spalding.