Necklace
Date: 1845–50
Medium: Seed pearls, mother-of-pearl, horsehair, silk and yellow gold
Dimensions: L. 20 in. (50.8 cm)
Classification: Jewelry
Credit Line: Gift of Jane H. Dehn, 2003
Accession Number: 2003.350.2
Provenance:
Howard Potter, Esq. (1826-1897), who married Mary Louisa Brown (b. 1827) in September 1849.
To their son Howard Cranston Potter (1864-1896), who married Alice Kershaw (b. 1863) in May 1895
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To their daughter Grace Howard Potter (b. 1895), who married Thorp Hiscock (b. 1880) in October 1914.
To their daughter Mrs. Jane Dehn, who is offering it as a gift to The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Metropolitan Museum of Art