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Pendant

ca. 1950 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

A gold wirework pendant mounted with a yellow topaz.

Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
An oval flattened spiral of gold wire runs clockwise around an anti-clockwise cable of twisted gold wire, at the centre of which is an oval faceted yellow topaz.
Brief description
Oval gold pendant mounted with a topaz, designed by Professor Ulrich Middeldorf, and made by C. D. Peacock of Chicago, about 1950.
Physical description
A gold wirework pendant mounted with a yellow topaz.
Dimensions
  • Without suspension ring height: 2.2cm
  • Width: 1.8cm
  • Depth: .45cm
Credit line
Given by Beatriz Chadour-Sampson
Object history
Designed by the art historian Professor Ulrich Middeldorf (1901-83) for his wife Gloria; made by Peacock of Chicago.
Collection
Accession number
M.3-2001

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Record createdApril 4, 2002
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