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Brooch And Pair Of Earrings (probably France), ca. 1860
This is a Brooch and pair of earrings. It is dated ca. 1860 and we acquired it in 1928. Its medium is bright-cut engraved aluminum, gold. It is a part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts department.
Aluminu, the familiar metal of today's beverage cans, was condiserably rarer when first commericially produced in the nineteenth century. The "jewels" in this set are made of matte and engraved aluminum, set into gold frames. (Toward Modern Design, 1993)
This object was featured in our Object of the Week series in a post titled Festive Foil?.
This object was
donated by
Mrs. Gustav E. Kissel.
It is credited Gift of Mrs. Gustav E. Kissel.
- Sifting Spoon with Revolving Windmill Terminal Spoon
- silver.
- Bequest of Mrs. John Innes Kane.
- 1926-37-167
- Flask And Stopper
- glass, straw, cork.
- Bequest of Julian Clarence Levi.
- 1972-5-10-a,b
- Candlestick And Drip Pan (England)
- cut blown glass.
- Bequest of Mrs. John Innes Kane.
- 1926-37-44-a/c
Our curators have highlighted 9 objects that are related to this one. Here are three of them, selected at random:
- Creamer And Lid (Russia)
- porcelain.
- Gift of R. Thornton Wilson.
- 1958-137-1-a,b
- Pitcher (USA)
- favrile glass.
- Bequest of Joseph L. Morris.
- 1966-55-32
- Earrings
- copper, white gold, sapphires, spinels, rubellite, tourmaline.
- Courtesy of FD Gallery.
- 20.2015.2a/c
Its dimensions are
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.)
Cite this object as
Brooch And Pair Of Earrings (probably France), ca. 1860; bright-cut engraved aluminum, gold; 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.); Gift of Mrs. Gustav E. Kissel; 1928-5-4-a/c
This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibitions Hewitt Sisters Collect and Faster, Cheaper, Newer, More: The Revolutions of 1848.
