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Earrings
mid-19th century
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
New York, United States
Earrings with screw fasteners. A shows child placing floral wreath on head and b shows a child smelling flowers, painted on circular plate surrounded by rose diamonds and gold frame; half-ring at the top, the other half cut away for the screws; ornament with pine cone at the bottom. Screw fasteners are probably a later addition.
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Details
- Title: Earrings
- Date Created: mid-19th century
- Location Created: France
- Original Source: See this work of art on the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum website
- Medium: Gold, opaque enamel, rose diamonds
- Credit line: Gift of the estate and in memory of Robert B. Noyes
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