$4,410
Estimate: $1,000 - $1,500
American Furniture, Folk and Decorative Arts
Auction: November 10, 2021 11:00:00 AM EDT
The gold clasp engraved with monogram "ML" to front, engraved with monogram "ED" to back, marked to back, the clasp presented on a necklace strung with period coral beads.
1 in. x 3/4 in. (clasp), L: 7 1/2 in. (necklace)Provenance
Jonathan Trace, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, November 8, 2007
The coral beads added by Arthur Guy Kaplan at later date
A private New Jersey collection.
Literature
Curtis, George Munson, Early Silversmiths of Connecticut and Its Makers, Meriden: International Silver Company, 1913.