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Elongated, striated links, a broad U-shaped fastener at one end and a push-button slide at the other, make this watch fob chain a piece of functional silver in which the construction is the design. The striated links catch light along their length, and the mechanisms are integrated rather than hidden.
The elongated-link chain is a construction Spratling used across his jewelry, and the careful working of the slide and fastener reflects the hand-wrought approach that defined his workshop (Morrill, p. 251).
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