Each earring in this pair is composed of four dangling gold-colored filigree balls connected to one another with attached loops and 'o' rings. The earrings attach with screw-back fasteners
earrings (jewelry)
Earring
Original to Phillips House (Salem, Mass.),
1668
Unknown
American [use]
1/2 x 11/16 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of the Stephen Phillips Memorial Charitable Trust for Historic Preservation
2006.44.315AB
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