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Whitby Jet Bracelet

1850–1880
Country of Origin, for CustomsEngland
Medium/TechniqueJet
DimensionsDiameter: 20.5 cm (8 1/16 in.)
Width at widest: 4.2 cm (1 5/8 in.)
Credit LineGift of Carole Tanenbaum
Accession number2018.3840
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment
Collections
ProvenanceBetween about 1970s and 2018, acquired by Carole Tanenbaum, Toronto, Ontario [see note]; 2018, gift of Carole Tanenbaum to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 12, 2018)

NOTE: This is part of a large collection of costume jewelry given to the MFA in 2018, which had been built over about 40 years.
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