Necklace
ca. 1860
| Place of origin |
Given by Mrs Ethel Susan Graham Bristowe
Object details
| Categories | |
| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Tiger claws, gold filigree |
| Brief description | Necklet with tiger claws and gold filigree, China, ca. 1860 |
| Physical description | Necklace, with ten gold-mounted tiger claws linked to filigree plaques of insects, carp, and phoenixes among flowers and foliage; pendant of similiar decoration with butterfly, from which hands a smaller ornament in the same style. |
| Dimensions |
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| Object history | According to the donor, this necklace was given to her mother Mrs Paterson, wife of William Paterson, a merchant in Singapore, by the 'then Rajah of Lahore who was afterwards made Sultan'. The tiger claws probably came from India and the gold filigree made in Canton, China. |
| Summary | Given by Mrs Ethel Susan Graham Bristowe |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | M.6-1942 |
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| Record created | June 25, 2009 |
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