Each earring in this pair of drop earrings consists of clusters of amber plastic balls set on gold-colored posts and connected to form clusters with gold-colored metal links. The earrings attach with screw back fasteners.
earrings (jewelry)
plastic by composition or origin
Earring
Original to Merwin House (Stockbridge, Mass.),
952
1966.2287.1
1966.2287.2
Unknown
Bequest of Vipont de R.D. Merwin
1966.2287AB
For more information on 20th century costume jewelry see Cera, Deanna Farneti, ed. "Jewels of Fantasy: Costume Jewelry of the 20th Century," (1992).
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