Earring
Earring
1850-1880 (made)
1850-1880 (made)
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| Place of origin |
The shape of this earring is based on an Indian design, also familiar from Paisley shawls, which was widely used throughout the Ottoman Empire. It is made of copper, double plated first with silver and then with gold, so that it would look and wear like silver-gilt. This was a common technique in the Balkans in the 18th and 19th centuries, when much of the population was desperately poor.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | Earring (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Silver-plated sheet metal with applied filigree and a turquoise paste |
| Brief description | Comma-shaped silver-plated earring set with a turquoise paste, with four pendant chains, Cyprus, 19th century. |
| Physical description | Comma-shaped earring attached to a straight wire. The front is decorated with a central turquoise paste, and applied wire rings. There are four chains of figure-of-eight links hanging from the lower edge, with a disc at the end of each. |
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| Summary | The shape of this earring is based on an Indian design, also familiar from Paisley shawls, which was widely used throughout the Ottoman Empire. It is made of copper, double plated first with silver and then with gold, so that it would look and wear like silver-gilt. This was a common technique in the Balkans in the 18th and 19th centuries, when much of the population was desperately poor. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | 1554-1888 |
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| Record created | April 1, 2003 |
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