Museum Gets Gold Chain
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From Reuters
LONDON — A gold chain reputedly torn from the neck of Marie Antoinette as she was taken in a tumbrel to the guillotine in 1793 has been willed to the British Museum by its owner, Anne Piteau, the museum said today.
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