Nose Stud
circa 2010 (made)
| Place of origin |
A small gold nose stud, tilli, made largely of gold wire. A colourless faceted glass stone is claw-set at the top with a pair of red and green foiled glass stones with small daubs of white enamel are set in twisted die-stamped bezels. The stud is fastened through the wearer's nostril by means of a gold cylinder soldered on the back for a pin fastening which is missing.
Object details
| Category | |
| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Gold and glass |
| Brief description | Nose stud or tilli |
| Physical description | A small gold nose stud, tilli, made largely of gold wire. A colourless faceted glass stone is claw-set at the top with a pair of red and green foiled glass stones with small daubs of white enamel are set in twisted die-stamped bezels. The stud is fastened through the wearer's nostril by means of a gold cylinder soldered on the back for a pin fastening which is missing. |
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| Credit line | Given by Dr W. Ganguly |
| Object history | This nose stud is part of the large donation of Indian folk jewellery from Dr Waltraud Ganguly which was collected over the last few decades before her death in 2015 from dealers in both India and Europe, in parallel with extensive fieldwork she carried out in the Indian Sub-Continent. This stud was bought from Thakur Jewellers, Rait District, Kangra, Himachal Pradesh in October 2010. The nose studs with V&A Museum numbers IS.395 to 409-2019 came on a single piece of card and it is assumed they were purchased from the same jeweller on the same day. |
| Historical context | This type ot small, colourful nose stud is worn by women nowadays in preference to the large traditional nose rings. |
| Bibliographic reference | Ganguly, W., Nose Rings of India, Delhi, 2015
p.62,illus |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | IS.405-2019 |
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| Record created | June 23, 2015 |
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