Earring
- Object Name:
- Earring
- Object ID:
- 2002.023.13
- Date:
- 1850-1875
- Description:
- Set of earrings and brooch. Seven pieces. Pearls on mother-of-pearl. Clear faceted stones in center of five pieces. Gold hooks. With typescript note: "Earrings ornamented with pearls on mother-of-pearl, with brooch. Beads evidently strung on white hair. Perhaps Aunt Tarleton's, or Lucretia's mother's, says FPD. It was always around. Watch out for small pieces that have come off. They could be attached."
- Material:
- Mother-of-Pearl
Pearl
Metal
Gold - Dimensions:
- W-1.4 inches
- Provenance:
- Part of the Perry-Dudley Family Archive and Shepard Collection.
FPD = Frances Perry Dudley (1861-1953) of Exeter, NH. "Aunt Tarleton" was her aunt. - Credit Line:
- Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Henry B. Shepard, Jr., in memory of Mr. Shepard's mother and maternal grandmother
- Subjects:
- Earrings
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