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Craft: Jewelry: "Antique" Pendant
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"Antique" Pendant about 1905-35 Florence Koehler gold 1 1/8 x 3/4 x 1/4 in. (2.7 x 1.9 x 0.6 cm.) Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mary Elizabeth Sharpe 1981.105.5 |
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Florence Koehler loved old objects and was particularly fascinated by ancient Greek culture. She always wore a Greek-looking pendant around her neck, and added finishes to her objects to make them look older. Each pendant has a face cut in relief, and the “Antique” Pendant is inscribed with a name, Ottora Maria. (Laurie Eglington Kaldis, ed., Portrait of an Artist, 1947) |
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