Pair of Irish bogwood pendant earrings, circular carved relief plaques of three leaf clovers with dentil border, suspended from circular plaques with dentil border, metal wire ear fasteners.
earrings (jewelry)
EARRING
Original to Codman House (Lincoln, Mass.),
493
Unknown
Ireland
3/4 in (1); 3/4 in (2) x 5/16 in (1); 5/16 in (2) (WxD) (inches)
Bequest of Dorothy S.F.M. Codman
1969.3061.1-2
For information on Irish Bogwood jewelry see Bury, Shirley, "Jewellery, 1789-1910," v. 2 (1991): 532-537; Dawes, Ginny Reddington and Corinne Davidov, "Victorian Jewelry: Unexplored Treasures," (1991): 131; Fales, Martha Gandy, "Jewelry in America, 1600-1900," (1995): 253-255. For more information on the Codman estate see the entire issue of "Old Time New England" 71, no. 258 (1981).
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