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Each earring in this pair is constructed from a hollow tube of tableworked human hair set in gold endcaps. A hinged wire attached to one cap passes through the earlobe and hooks into the cap on the opposite side. A gold bar connects each endcap below the wire. From the bar is suspended an oval, hollow hair bead. A gold wire loop attaches the bead to the bar, passes through its center, and is capped at the lower end.
earrings (jewelry)
gold (metal)
hair
Jewelry
Ornament, Ear
Earring
Gold Plate
Hair
Woven
Stamped
Soldered
Victorian
Love
Mourning
Earring
Original to Castle Tucker (Wiscasset, Me.),
Unknown
1.75 x 1.375 x 0.25 (HxWxD) (inches)
Gift of Miss Jane S. Tucker
1998.5149AB
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