Object Details
- Physical Description
- Gold colored small jewelry charm in the shape of an early monoplane (Bleriot Monolplane) with visible fuselage frame. Propeller spins. Propeller shaft extends to make a loop. Jump ring attached to loop. No markings.
- 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 a Bleriot Monoplane.
- ca. 1910
- Inventory Number
- A19840702000
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- AWARDS-Miscellaneous
- Materials
- Gold alloy
- Dimensions
- 3-D (3g): 3.3 × 2.5 × 1.2cm (1 5/16 × 1 × 1/2 in.)
- Country of Origin
- France
- See more items in
- National Air and Space Museum Collection
- Location
- National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC
- Exhibition
- Wright Brothers & The Invention of the Aerial Age
- National Air and Space Museum
- Record ID
- nasm_A19840702000
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv9d854339a-6945-4961-bc93-a6e6dff048b7
