Earrings
Earring
19th century (made)
19th century (made)
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Each earring is composed of two hemispheres, one suspended below the other, with pearl and leaf-shaped pendents, enamelled with design of flowers and birds. A small model of a bird stands perched on the topmost hemisphere.
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| Parts | This object consists of 2 parts.
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| Title | Earrings (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Gold (?) and enamel |
| Brief description | Middle East, Metalwork. One of a pair, with painted enamel and seed pearls, Iran, 19th century. Jewellery, Persian. Inter-departmental transfer to MES, RF 2011/1170. Middle East, Metalwork. One of a pair, with painted enamel and seed pearls, Iran, 19th century. Jewellery, Persian. Inter-departmental transfer to MES, RF 2011/1170. |
| Physical description | Each earring is composed of two hemispheres, one suspended below the other, with pearl and leaf-shaped pendents, enamelled with design of flowers and birds. A small model of a bird stands perched on the topmost hemisphere. |
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| Object history | This object was purchased in Tehran in 1873, by Robert Murdoch Smith on behalf of the Museum. In his first bulk acquisition for the South Kensington Museum (today the V&A), Murdoch Smith had bought "a considerable collection" of over 100 examples of metalwork, ceramic, inlaid woodwork and textile from different local sources, including French diplomat Emile Charles Bernay and four art-dealers: Nasrullah Dellal, Abu'l-Hassan Dellal, Abdul-Husayn and Reza Kashi of Tehran. Many further acquisitions followed in the years 1873-1878 and 1883-1885, most extensively from the private collector Jules Richard. |
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| Accession number | 515&A-1874 |
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| Record created | February 27, 2003 |
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