{"product_id":"napier-graduated-curb-chain-necklace-late-1980s","title":"Napier Graduated Curb Chain Necklace, Late 1980s","description":"\u003cp\u003eHeavy flat curb links, graduated so they swell from the nape down to the front where the largest ones land right at the collarbone. The faces alternate satin and high polish, which is why it flickers link to link instead of glaring all at once.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eNapier started in 1878 as the E. A. Bliss Company in North Attleboro, Massachusetts, making gilt watch chains for men. Chain was the first thing the house knew how to do. A hundred and ten years later it was still the thing it did best.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe clasp is the tell. It hides inside a link so the chain reads unbroken all the way around, and it is stamped with its patent number, 4,774,743. That patent was filed for Napier in July of 1987 and granted in October of 1988, which means this necklace cannot be older than that. Someone at the Meriden plant thought hard enough about a closure to patent it. The Meriden plant closed in 1999. Not much was still being made this way by then.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWear it on a bare neck or over a black turtleneck. It does not need a pendant. It is the pendant.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDetails\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSigned Napier, stamped PAT. 4,774,743 on the clasp\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGold tone, graduated flat curb links\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAlternating satin and polished faces\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eConcealed patented snap lock clasp built into a link\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1988 or later, from Napier's Meriden years\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eExcellent vintage condition, links tight and even, finish bright\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWear it to remember:\u003c\/strong\u003e the weight is the point.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eOne of one. When she's gone, she's gone.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Inheritance Collective","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47549141516450,"sku":null,"price":88.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0650\/6610\/7042\/files\/napier_01_worn.jpg?v=1787351979","url":"https:\/\/www.theinheritancecollective.com\/products\/napier-graduated-curb-chain-necklace-late-1980s","provider":"The Inheritance Collective","version":"1.0","type":"link"}