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Richard Mawdsley
'Wonder Woman in Her Bicentennial Finery' Necklace1975

Not on view
Silver necklace with oxidized rectangular chain links and a large architectural pendant featuring a crowned female bust, candelabra-like arms with dark stone caps, and a cage-form lower section with pointed finials
Silver pendant necklace with a figural pendant depicting a crowned bust with long hair above an architectural lower body resembling Gothic columns and towers; outstretched arms end in dark cabochon stones; chain composed of rectangular links with fine engraved detail.
Close-up of the reverse side of a sterling silver brooch or pin, showing a pin-stem clasp mechanism, stamped hallmarks reading "STERLING" and "PM," and small drilled stone settings.
Artist or Maker
Richard Mawdsley
United States, born 1945
Title
'Wonder Woman in Her Bicentennial Finery' Necklace
Date Made
1975
Medium
Silver, pearls, smoky quartz
Dimensions
13 3/4 × 5 1/2 × 3/4 in. (34.93 × 13.97 × 1.91 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Lois and Bob Boardman
Accession Number
M.2015.252.69
Classification
Jewelry and Adornments
Collecting Area
Decorative Arts and Design
Selected Bibliography
  • Cummins, Susan, Damian Skinner, and Cindi Strauss. In Flux: American Jewelry and the Counterculture. Stuttgart: Arnoldsche Art, 2020.