Object Details
Physical Description
Gold colored small jewelry charm in the shape of an early monoplane (Antoinette Monoplane) with visible engine and cockpit. Propeller spins. Propeller shaft extends to make a loop. Jump ring attached to loop. Rib lines marked on top of wings and top and bottom of horizontals. No markings. Circa 1910.
Summary
In the first decade after the Wright brothers' first successful flights in 1903, public fascination with aviation grew. The airplane soon became part of popular culture. Airplanes and flight related themes began to appear in jewelry, clocks, games, decorative boxes, postcards, and more. This charm bracelet ornament is of an Antoinette Monoplane.
Credit Line
Gift of Henry S. Villard
Date
ca. 1910
Inventory Number
A19840701000
Restrictions & Rights
Usage conditions apply
Type
AWARDS-Miscellaneous
Materials
Overall: Metal
Dimensions
3-D (2g): 4.2 × 3 × 1.1cm (1 5/8 × 1 3/16 × 7/16 in.)
Country of Origin
France
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National Air and Space Museum Collection
Location
National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC
Exhibition
Wright Brothers & The Invention of the Aerial Age
Data Source
National Air and Space Museum
Link to Original Record
Record ID
nasm_A19840701000