Bracelet
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1860
name: label: Attributed to
content: Honore Severin Bourdoncle, French, 1823 - 1893
notes: label: Description
content: Cuff-type bracelet of five hinged, aluminum sections embellished with brass and gold; the large central section showing two winged cherubs amidst ribbons, garlands and scrollwork, floating above an oval cartouche containing an open-work gold panel with the scrolling, intertwined initials 'MJ' or 'MJC'; the central section flanked by smaller sections of strapwork and scrolls, the section on the left showing a bird and snake, the one on the right with a lizard and snake; the two outer sections of strapwork and scrolls, with attached catch and housing; the hinges, catch and housing of gold.
place: label: made in
content: France
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Product Design and Decorative Arts Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Bequest of Raizel Halpin and Dora Jane Janson, in honor of their great friendship and shared love of antique jewelry
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 2003-20-1
objectType: label: Type
content: jewelry
label: Type
content: Decorative Arts
label: Type
content: Bracelet
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Aluminum, gold, brass
label: Dimensions
content: H x diam. (clasped): 3.9 x 6.8 cm (1 9/16 x 2 11/16 in.)