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EGG FROM EGG NECKLACE

Creator(s): Unknown (Jeweler)

On view in: Icon Room


About this object

Miniature egg attached to necklace. Egg is made of roughened gold with a design on one side. The design is geometric. It is composed of two diamond shapes on top of each other with a diamonds on top, one on the bottom, and another connecting the two shapes. Within the two shapes are rubies and two more rubies are outside the design in the notched areas.

Object name:
EGG FROM EGG NECKLACE
Made from:
Gold -- rubies -- diamonds
Made in:
Russia
Date made:
early 20th Century
Size:
1.3 cm (1/2 in.)

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:
17.64.22
Class:
JEWELRY
Signature marks:
MARK Illegible (56?) [On loop]
Credit line:
Gift of Dina Merrill Robertson, 1978