About the Item

"Liberty" pendant

This pendant is made of fine silver and hangs on a handmade fine silver chain. It consist of a silver frame that contains dirt from the Lexington-Concord Bridge, scene of the first skirmish of the American Revolution. The front of the pendant is a "Liberty Walking" half-dollar, minted in 1945, the year WWII ended.

1.25" (3 cm) in diameter. The chain with clasp is 21" long.

About the Artist

Tim McCreight is a designer, teacher, author and metalsmith. He received a B.A. from The College of Wooster and a Master of Fine Arts degree from Bowling Green State University. He taught full-time for 25 years, first in Massachusetts and then at the Maine College of Art.

Tim has taught hundreds of workshops throughout the US and in Canada, Japan, Mexico and the UK. He has written twenty books, produced a half dozen videos, and has served on several boards including the Society of North American Goldsmiths and Haystack Mountain School of Crafts. He runs a publishing company called Brynmorgen Press.

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