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This girandole-style earring is composed of faceted cut-steel beads set in a rosette surmount with three elongated pendant drops (one missing). The earring attaches with a metal ear wire.
earrings (jewelry)
cut steel
Earring
Piece of Box: "Trippe Family - Probably sixties and seventies" Paper Label: "The material in this / box, so far as I know, / belongs to the Trippe / family - my mothers / family. Lydia G. Chace." (Ink)
1926.728c
509
Unknown
5/8 (W) (inches)
1926.728.3
For more information on cut steel jewelry see: Bury, Shirley, "Jewellery, 1789-1910," v. 2 (1991): 702-707; Dawes, Ginny Reddington and Corinne Davidov, "Victorian Jewelry: Unexplored Treasures," (1991): 100-109.
Title 2 - Moonstone earrings Accession Number 1926.728.a.1
Title Gold earring Accession Number 1926.728 b
Title Cut steel earring Accession Number 1926.728 c
Title Tortoiseshell pendant Accession Number 1926.728 d
Title Tortoiseshell earrings Accession Number 1926.733
Title Gold chain and watch Accession Number 1929.1791 ab
Title Silver bracelet Accession Number 1929.1792
Title Steel shoe ornament Accession Number 1931.1593
Title Belt buckle Accession Number 1931.1593
Title Pair of tortoiseshell bracelets Accession Number 1931.1792 ab
Title Pair of tortoiseshell bracelets Accession Number 1931.1793 ab
Title Watch chain Accession Number 1931.1794
Title Watch chain Accession Number 1931.1795
Title Brass watch chain Accession Number 1931.1796
Title Locket Accession Number 1931.1797
Title Locket Accession Number 1931.1798
Title Gold pendant Accession Number 1931.1799
Title Brooch Accession Number 1931.1800
Title Stick pin Accession Number 1931.1801
Title Gold ring Accession Number 1931.1802
Title Pair of tortoiseshell pins Accession Number 1931.1803 ab
Title Beaded watch chain Accession Number 1931.1804
Title Chain of blue beads Accession Number 1931.1805
Title Pair of cufflinks Accession Number 1932.80 ab
Title Pair of cufflinks Accession Number 1932.81 ab
Title Hair mount Accession Number 1932.82
Title Mother of pearl markers Accession Number 1932.83
Title Brown University cuff links Accession Number 1938.39 ab
Title Gold chain and locket Accession Number 1965.125 ab
Title Cufflinks Accession Number 1965.126 ab
Title Gold watch chain Accession Number 1965.127
Title Ring Accession Number 1965.128
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