Collection Highlights
Chatelaine
ca. 1761
1954.179a-d
Silver gilt, gold, enamel, ivory, chalcedony, glass, paint
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Advertising penny
Object name
Advertising penny
Date
1925-1940
Medium
Metal
Dimensions
1/8 x 1 1/4 in. diameter
Description
This aluminum ring has a copper penny from 1925 mounted in the center and is embossed with a horseshoe and Asian characters on the front and reads "Keep Me And You Will Have Good Luck" and on the reverse "Henry Nockin-Jewelers 84th St. & Bway, N.Y."
Credit Line
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number
2002.1.2609
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
