Images(3)

Bracelet, Charm

Object number2016.135.1 a-c

Manufacturer Kinney Company

Datec. 1965

OriginGermany

MediumMetal; Silver; Enamel

Credit LineGift of Jane Finley

DescriptionCharm bracelet with fifteen charms.DimensionsHeight x Length x Depth (a): 1.125 × 7.25 × 0.5 in. (2.9 × 18.4 × 1.3 cm)
Height x Width x Depth (b): 1.063 × 0.813 × 0.313 in. (2.7 × 2.1 × 0.8 cm)
Height x Width x Depth (c): 0.875 × 0.625 × 0.125 in. (2.2 × 1.6 × 0.3 cm)
Inscriptions(a)
Hershey's bar charm has silver text on front "HERSHEY'S".

Pisces charm has black text on reverse "PISCES / THE FISHES / SYMPATHY".

Christmas charm's reverse has raised text at center "MERRY / XMAS".

Telephone charm shows two different messages when rotary dial is moved "HELLO" and "I LOVE YOU".

Birthday charm has text on front "Happy / Birthday".

Pennant charm has text on front "ST. BERNARD".

Pietà charm has text on front at bottom "PIETA".

Civic Auditorium charm has engraved text on underside "PITTSBURGH / CIVIC / AUDITORIUM".

(b)
Underside has engraved text "THREE / RIVERS / STADIUM / PITTSBURGH".

(c)
Front of disk has raised text "NIAGARA / FALLS" and reverse has raised text "WISH / YOU WERE / HERE".

Marks(a)
Clasp has engraved text "GERMANY".

Hershey's bar charm has imprinted text on the reverse "STERLING / KINNEY / PROV. R.I."

Christmas charm's reverse has imprinted text at top center "STERLING".

Birthday charm has imprinted text "STERLING" at bottom center.

Pennant charm has imprinted text on reverse "STERLING".

Pietà charm has raised text on reverse at bottom "STERLING".

Civic Auditorium charm has engraved text "STERLING".

Madonna and child icon charm has imprinted text on reverse at bottom "STERLING".

(b)
Underside has engraved text at bottom "STER / AC ©".

(c)
Back of disk has raised text at bottom "© STERLING" and one side of arch has engraved text "STERLING".
Historical NotesThis charm bracelet belonged to the donor Jane Finley. She collected them as a teenager in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Charms have been around since ancient times, but charm bracelets gained mass popularity in the Victorian age, mostly due to Queen Victoria’s personal love of charms. A resurgence of interest in charm bracelets in American occurred in the 1950s and 1960s when teenagers would collect them to commemorate special events in their lives. The donor’s charm bracelet is on the tail end of this trend. The charms are both of local and personal significance.

Related institution The Hershey Company

Related institution St. Bernard School

Related person Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475 - 1564)

Related person Mary

Related person Jesus Christ