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Earrings are part of a set with brooch 1998.4894A, all are made from a round of aventurine bezel set in a plain gold-plated frame. A thin engraved line echoes the bezel setting on the gold border. Earrings pass through lobe with gold-plated earwires.
earrings (jewelry)
gold alloy
aventurine glass
plating (metal coating)
Jewelry
Ornament, Ear
Earring
Brass
Stone
Earring
Impressed stamp on back of each: ""R.L. & FRE/ PARIS""
Original to Castle Tucker (Wiscasset, Me.),
Unknown
0.125 (H), 0.25 (diameter) (inches)
Gift of Miss Jane S. Tucker
1998.4894BC
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