Earring
1850-1899 (made)
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Pair of hoop earrings of plain copper wire with one plain end and one forming part of a hinge with the pendant. The pendant is a flat triangular hollow drop with five beads on short stalks forming the lower edge. Each of the beads has a loop attached from which hangs a flat disc pendant. There is a small applied rosette at the top of each side.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 3 parts. (Some alternative part names are also shown below)
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| Materials and techniques | Rocker-engraved copper |
| Brief description | Pair of copper earrings with triangular pendants, Egypt, 1850-1899. |
| Physical description | Pair of hoop earrings of plain copper wire with one plain end and one forming part of a hinge with the pendant. The pendant is a flat triangular hollow drop with five beads on short stalks forming the lower edge. Each of the beads has a loop attached from which hangs a flat disc pendant. There is a small applied rosette at the top of each side. |
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| Credit line | Bequeathed by Edmond Dresden |
| Object history | Accessions register entry: 'Pair of Earrings of bronze. / Each consists of a hollow body stamped from sheet-metal in two pieces in the form of a triangle, the base of which is fringed with bosses hung with pendants cut from sheet-metal. Each side of the triangle is stamped with a small rosette. The hook is hinged at the top. / Modern Egyptian / Each, L. 3in.' |
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| Accession number | 349 to A/2-1904 |
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| Record created | April 10, 2003 |
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