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Snail Necklace-Pin (Snail Pin)
Snail Necklace-Pin (Snail Pin)
1956
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John Paul Miller
(American, 1918-2013)
Gold and enamel
Pendant: 6.1 x 2.6 cm (2 3/8 x 1 in.); Chain: 36.9 cm (14 1/2 in.)
Silver Jubilee Treasure Fund 1956.113.a
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Artist John Paul Miller demonstrates a mastery of metalworking techniques in this snail pendant brooch. Miller often used a technique he rediscovered in the early 1950s whereby gold granulation was applied to the surface to decorate the snail’s body and antennae, while multicolored enameling enlivens its shell.
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