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Gold locket

(about 1698–1771)
about 1740
Object Place for LabelNewport, Rhode Island, United States
Object PlaceNewport, Rhode Island, United States
Medium/TechniqueGold
DimensionsOverall: 2.5cm (1in.)
Credit LineThe Philip Leffingwell Spalding Collection—Given in his memory by Katharine Ames Spalding and Philip Spalding, Oakes Ames Spalding, and Hobart Ames Spalding
Accession number42.249
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment
Collections
ProvenanceBuhler Entry: Unknown.
Collection of Philip Leffingwell Spalding by 1933; lent to MFA December 15, 1933. Transferred to Mrs. Philip L. Spalding October 10, 1940. To MFA for "The Philip Leffingwell Spalding Collection" by Katharine Ames Spalding, Philip Spalding, Oakes Ames Spalding, and Hobart Ames Spalding, April 9 and 16, 1942, given in memory of Philip Leffingwell Spalding.