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Description: | Undated. This chain was worn by the Mayoress of the Borough of Morley for just over 75 years. It is in the Louis Quatorze style with a large coat of arms on the pendant and smaller ones on the necklace part. It is made of 18 carat gold, being purchased by public subscription in 1897 for Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee. It cost about ?90 and was first worn by the Mayoress either Mrs William Middlebrook or Mrs Charles Scarth in 1897. Photograph from the David Atkinson Archive. | License: | http://www.leodis.net/article.aspx?id=12 | Rights holder: | Leeds Central Library | Subjects: | Mayoress chain | Source: | Leodis - A photographic archive of Leeds | Identifier: | http://www.leodis.net/display.aspx?id=20... | Go to resource |
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