Spectacular California gold quartz watch chain, overall length is 14 inches. Contains six rectangular sections of one inch each California gold quartz, attended by a gorgeous gold quartz horseshoe (1") with ten separate segments. The setting is probable 14kt gold. No name engraved. The horseshoe motif was a popular mid-nineteenth century pattern, signifying good luck. The owners of these expensive watch chains were often mining men who had exactly that- good luck. Very few show makers' marks, as they were often made by local jewelers. This piece, we might speculate, is from the Sonora area of the southern Mother Lode region. When our company sold the magnificent gold collection from the Carson City Nugget, and handled the Segerstrom crystalline Gold from the Sonora-Tuoloumne area, the quartz was identical to this- black with somewhat clear quartz and bright gold.
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