PAIR OF EARRINGS
Creator(s): Eugene Jaccard & Co. (Jeweler)
Currently in storage
About this object
Pair of white, silk, hand painted, oval earrings made of silk that has been stretched over a hard (presumably wooden) innards piece with gold colored metal hooks. The silk has been hand painted with purple pansies highlighted with yellow and white and white and yellow lilies of the valley to fit each piece individually.
- Object name:
- PAIR OF EARRINGS
- Made from:
- silk --wood --metal --paint
- Made in:
- St. Louis, USA
- Date made:
- 1835-1880
- Size:
- ½” W x 1 ¼” L
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 2014.10.11.1-2
- Signature marks:
- LABEL “Eugene Jaccard & Co.” “St. Louis”
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973