Design for an Earring
date: label: Date
content: 1815–30
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Design for an earring. Above is a kind of escutcheon with a blossom of diamonds. Below, an oval formed by a row of beads, with a vase inside. Both parts are connected by a knot, with a central diamond and two lateral stems. Bevelled corners.
place: label: made in
content: probably Naples, South Italy, Italy
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1938-88-747
objectType: label: Type
content: jewelry
label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Pen and sepia ink, brush and gray watercolor on paper
label: Dimensions
content: 11.4 × 6.3 cm (4 1/2 × 2 1/2 in.)