This set of paste jewelry currently consists of an earring and pendant, both set with a round cut paste surrounded by five teardrop cut pastes alternating with clusters of three smaller round pastes set in a pinchbeck metal frame. The pendant was once the second earring of the set. It was subsequently converted by removing the hinged wire and passing a jump ring through the top paste setting once the paste was removed. The remaining earring retains its eighteenth-century hinged loop back.
pierced earrings
paste (glass)
pinchbeck
Set, Jewelry
1429
Unknown
1 1/2 x 1 3/8 x 3/4 (HxWxD) (inches)
Gift of Miss Frances L. Chace
1936.147ab
For more information on pastes see Fales, Martha Gandy, "Jewelry in America, 1600-1900," (1995): 48-51; 115-120; Phillips, Clare, "Jewels and Jewelry," (2000): 54-55.
Title Paste Shoe Buckles Accession Number 1931.1668 ab
Title Pair of Bracelets Accession Number 1931.1682 ab
Title Tortoiseshell Buckle Accession Number 1931.1683 ab
Title Lava Pin Accession Number 1933.1639
Title Jet Pin Accession Number 1933.1640
Title Gold Brooch Accession Number 1933.1641
Title c - Earrings and Brooch Accession Number 1934.855 a
Title Pair of gold and enamel cufflinks Accession Number 1934.856 ab
Title Pair of earrings Accession Number 1934.857 ab
Title Tortoiseshell back comb Accession Number 1934.876
Title Paste Buckle Accession Number 1936.147 ab
Title Irish Bogwood Bracelet Accession Number 1936.148
Title Tortoiseshell hairpin Accession Number 1938.18
Title Gold "6" Brooch Accession Number 1954.130
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