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Each earring in this pair consists of a round white plastic section decorated with mold-formed daisies. The earrings attach with screw backs.
earrings (jewelry)
plastic by property: thermoplastic or thermoset
Earring
Original to Merwin House (Stockbridge, Mass.),
959
1966.2294.1
1966.2294.2
Unknown
5/8 (diameter) (inches)
Bequest of Vipont de R.D. Merwin
1966.2294AB
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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