Necklace

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Object Name: 
Necklace
Place Made: 
Italy
Accession Number: 
96.3.17
Dimensions: 
Overall L(closed): 22.9 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
about 1957
Credit Line: 
Gift of Martha Warran McKinney
Primary Description: 
Necklace with birds. Transparent green, opaque light blue and colorless glass; flameworked wound (beads), metal choker-type necklace with 40 would loght blue beads, fourteen birds (five pairs and four singles) with green leaf and flower (?) stalk with blue dots. Barrel screw clasp.

More Info

Department: 
Postwar and Contemporary
Provenance: 
McKinney, Martha Warren, Source
1996-06-27
Rockcastle, Lynn, Former Collection
Category: 
Jewelry
Color: 
green
blue
Technique: 
Flameworked
wound
Material: 
glass
metal