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"Half & Half" Necklace
- Maker: Art Smith, American, 1917-1982
- Medium: Silver
- Place Made: New York, New York, USA
- Dates: designed by 1948
- Markings: Art Smith and STERLING stamped on the back of the necklace.
- Inscriptions: "5" written in ink on verso.
- Collections: Decorative Arts
- Museum Location:
This item is on view in Special Exhibition Gallery, 4th Floor - Accession Number: 2007.59
- Credit Line: Gift of Mark McDonald with thanks to Charles L. Russell
- Image: Overall, 2007.59_PS2.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph
- Catalogue Description: A large, circular collar with positive and negative space. At proper left, a thin, organic, crescent-shaped element has three large perforations: two at top and bottom proper right, and one at top proper left. Two flattened wires loop through each of the perforations at proper right, and are bent into a series of curves. These wires are soldered together at the top to form a clasp with four striations. Another flattened semi-circular wire loops through the perforation at the top proper left of the crescent-shaped element and is then soldered together, connecting to the clasp from behind via a pin.
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