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Earring

c.1870 (made)
Place of origin
Oudh (made)

Earrings with glass beads and brass and (the hoop) iron wire, wrapped with silver foil on silver wire with pendants.


Object details

Categories
Jewellery
Glass
Metalwork
Object type
Earring
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Earring
  • Earring
Brief description
Earring, glass beads, brass, Oudh, c.1870.
Physical description
Earrings with glass beads and brass and (the hoop) iron wire, wrapped with silver foil on silver wire with pendants.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 8.2cm
  • Weight: 8g
Object history
Purchased from the annual International Exhibition of 1872.
Production
Avadh, Uttar Pradesh, northern India
Bibliographic references
  • Barnard, Nick, Indian Jewellery: The V&A Collection London: V&A Publishing, 2008 Number: ISBN 9781851774838 pp. 64 and 97, pl. 3.19 amd 4.13
  • India's fabled city : the art of courtly Lucknow / Stephen Markel with Tushara Bindu Gude ; and contributions by Muzaffar Alam ... [et al.]. Munich ;London: Prestel, Johann Gottlieb, c2010 Number: 9783791350752 (hbk.), 3791350757 (hbk.) cat. no. 194, p. 47.
Collection
South & South East Asia Collection
Accession number
1091A-1872

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Record createdDecember 1, 2005
Record URL
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