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Pair of coral earrings in original case, cabochon cut corals on gold ear wire fasteners, black leather case with white silk and blue velvet lining.
earrings (jewelry)
EARRING
"round coral earrings / given Aunt Alice by / Uncle Louis when she / was bridesmaid / to Aunt Mary" (Ink)
Original to Codman House (Lincoln, Mass.),
425
Unknown
1 1/8 (Case) x 1/2 in (1); 1/2 in (2); 2 1/16 in (Case) x 1/2 in (1); 1/2 in (2); 1 7/16 in (Case) (HxWxD) (inches)
Bequest of Dorothy S.F.M. Codman
1969.3005.1-2
For more information on coral jewelry see Bennett, David and Daniela Mascetti, "Understanding Jewellery," (1989): 105; Bury, Shirley, "Jewellery, 1789-1910," v.1 (1991): 238-244; Fales, Martha Gandy, "Jewelry in America, 1600-1900," (1995): 122-123, 237-239; Gere, Charlotte, "American and European Jewelry, 1830-1914," (1975): 86-87. For more information on the Codman estate see the entire issue of "Old Time New England" 71, no. 258 (1981).
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