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Sharon Church
'Lion's Head' Necklacec. 1999

Not on view
Oxidized silver collar necklace with two cupped leaf forms flanking a carved amber floral element and a long tapered spike pendant
Close-up of a sterling silver horse bit with stamped maker's mark reading "CHURCH STERLING ©"; polished metal shanks and rings against a blurred warm brown background.
Artist or Maker
Sharon Church
United States, 1948-2022
Title
'Lion's Head' Necklace
Place Made
United States
Date Made
c. 1999
Medium
Silver, boxwood
Dimensions
Overall: 9 1/2 × 6 1/2 × 1 7/8 in. (24.13 × 16.51 × 4.76 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Lois and Bob Boardman
Accession Number
M.2013.221.6a-b
Classification
Jewelry and Adornments
Collecting Area
Decorative Arts and Design
Selected Bibliography
  • Mills, Rosie Chambers and Bobbye Tigerman. Beyond Bling: Contemporary Jewelry from the Lois Boardman Collection. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Munich: DelMonico Books-Prestel, 2016.
Copyright
© Sharon Church