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Chatelaine

1480–1500
Object PlaceLow Countries
Medium/TechniqueLatten (86.5% copper, 11% zinc, 1.5% lead, 1.% tin)
Dimensions8.3 x 2.8 x 1.9 cm (3 1/4 x 1 1/8 x 3/4 in.)
Credit LineGift of Henri Heilbronner
Accession number59.553
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment
Collections
ProvenancePossibly in the 18th century collection of Prince Christian August von Waldeck (b. 1744) Arolsen, Germany [see note 1]. Henri Heilbronner, Lucerne, Switzerland; 1959, gift of Heilbronner to the MFA. (Accession date: September 17, 1959)

NOTES:
[1] According to a September 17, 1959 acquisition recommendation from Hanns Swarzenski. Prince von Waldeck was a general in Austria who traveled extensively in Italy, (see also Heinrich Duntzer's 1883, "Life of Goethe", pg. 20)
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