EARRINGS
Creator(s): Unknown
Currently in storage
About this object
Earrings are for pierced ears. At the top is a gold hemisphere covered with gold filigree and rows of seed pearls. Below this is a gold butterfly shape with seed pearls on its wings. Below this is a hemisphere in gold openwork above a row of seed pearls. This rests on top of a faceted amethyst which has been identified as a button. From this hangs a small pearl.
- Object name:
- EARRINGS
- Made from:
- Gold -- seed pearls -- amethyst
- Made in:
- Russia
- Date made:
- 18th c.-19th c.
- Size:
- 5.4 cm (2 1/8 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 17.50.1-2
- Class:
- JEWELRY
- Signature marks:
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973