Earring
1690-1730 (made)
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| Place of origin |
These delicate earrings were made in Portugal between about 1690 and 1730 to accompany a sequilé pendant.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 2 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | Gold set with rose-cut diamonds |
| Brief description | Pair of gold pendent earrings, set with rose-cut diamonds, Portugal, 1690-1730. |
| Physical description | Pair of gold pendent earrings set with diamonds in closed settings. Each earring consists of three openwork parts suspended vertically, with two additional triangular drops, one at each side. There is a hinged wire attached at the back of the top part with a small loop soldered to the centre of the wire. |
| Summary | These delicate earrings were made in Portugal between about 1690 and 1730 to accompany a sequilé pendant. |
| Associated object | 804-1902 (Set) |
| Bibliographic reference | Edgcumbe, Richard. Catalogue entry. In: Lords of the Ocean. Treasures of the Portuguese Empire in the 16th - 18th centuries, ed. by Yulia Buzykina and Vladimir Tauber. Catalogue of the exhibition held at the Moscow Kremlin Museums, Moscow, 5 December 2017 - 25 February 2018. Moscow, 2017. ISBN 978-5-88678-316-2 |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | 804A&B-1902 |
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| Record created | September 13, 2005 |
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