Set of tortoiseshell colored resin jewelry consisting of brooch and earrings: crescent shaped brooch with three amphora shaped pendants, hinged pin and hook on reverse; pair of amphora shaped pendant earrings with ball surmount, screwback fasteners.
pins (jewelry)
Jewelry
Set, Jewelry
Set, Jewelry
388
Unknown
2 5/8 x 1 15/16 x 3/8 (HxWxD) (inches)
1936.344a-c
For more information on tortoiseshell jewelry see Bury, Shirley, "Jewellery, 1789-1910," v. 1 (1991): 259-263; Dawes, Ginny Reddington & Corinne Davidov, "Victorian Jewelry: Unexplored Treasures," (1991): 132-138; Fales, Martha Gandy, "Jewelry in America, 1600-1900," (1995): 223-227; Gere, Charlotte, "American & European Jewelry, 1830-1914," (1975): 114-115.
Title 15 metal buttons Accession Number 1931.378
Title 12 metal buttons Accession Number 1931.379
Title e - Assortment of coral jewelry Accession Number 1936.343 a
Title c - Tortoiseshell brooch and earrings Accession Number 1936.344 a
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