Caduceus-form
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1875
name: label: Maker
content: Fortunato Pio Castellani & Sons, Italy, founded 1815
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Hair ornament in the form a caduceus (wand of the god Mercury), with two winged, entwined dragon heads in gold on a tapering ivory shaft.
place: label: made in
content: Rome, Italy
setName: label: See more items in
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
label: See more items in
content: Product Design and Decorative Arts Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Museum purchase through gift of Anonymous Donor, Annie Schermerhorn Kane, and various donors
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1969-40-83
objectType: label: Type
content: jewelry
label: Type
content: Decorative Arts
label: Object Name
content: Hair ornament
label: Type
content: Hair ornament
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Cast and granulated gold, carved ivory
label: Dimensions
content: 17.8 L x 4.2 W cm ( 7 x 1 5/8 in.)