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.
Display Status
This object is on display in Wright Brothers & The Invention of the Aerial Age at the National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC.
Object Details
Date
ca. 1910
Country of Origin
France
Type
AWARDS-Miscellaneous
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.
Dimensions
3-D (3g): 3.3 × 2.5 × 1.2cm (1 5/16 × 1 × 1/2 in.)
Materials
Gold alloy
Inventory Number
A19840702000
Data Source
National Air and Space Museum
Restrictions & Rights
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