Object Details
Description
Brooch (a) and earrings (b,c) of aluminum set in elaborate gold mounts and covered with fine bright-cut engraving; brooch with six semi-circular segments surmounting circular form decorated with chevrons, above a linked chain and a small, circular, foliate motif pendant; pendant earrings, each with one horizontal and two vertical semi-circular segments surmounting small, circular, foliate motif pendant.
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Gustav E. Kissel
Date
ca. 1860
Accession Number
1928-5-3,4
Restrictions & Rights
Usage conditions apply
Type
jewelry
Decorative Arts
Jewelry Suite
Medium
Bright-cut engraved aluminum, gold
Dimensions
H x W x D (a: brooch): 5.8 x 4.8 x 1.3 cm (2 5/16 x 1 7/8 x 1/2 in.)
H x W x D (b: earring): 6.4 x 1.9 x 1.1 cm (2 1/2 x 3/4 x 7/16 in.)
H x W x D (c: earring): 6.5 x 1 x 1.9 cm (2 9/16 x 3/8 x 3/4 in.)
made in
probably France
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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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Data Source
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Link to Original Record
Record ID
chndm_1928-5-3_4