Pair of gilt earrings [.1 - .2], decorated with filigree, hanging discs and a blue bead. [JMC 1/8/2019]

Collection type: Object
Description: Pair of gilt earrings [.1 - .2], decorated with filigree, hanging discs and a blue bead. [JMC 1/8/2019]
Long description: Pair of gilt earrings [.1 - .2]. The main part of each earring comprises an openwork dome on a filigree disc, with hollow cast spheres around the rim. From ten of these spheres hammered discs of gilt metal hang, connected by suspension rings. A blue bead is set into the top of the central dome, and two further discs hang from beneath this. At the top of the earring is a suspension loop with a hinge, formed from a piece of lead. Around this is looped a long piece of metal wire, which curves and forms the hook. [JMC 1/8/2019]
Geographical reference: India
Asia > Southern Asia > India; Uttar Pradesh Ayodhya
Person: Field collector Unknown Collector; PRM source Beatrice Braithwaite Batty
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1918
Date collected: By 1918
Acquisition information: Donated: 06/1918 - 07/1918
Materials and processes: Material Gilt Metal, Material Lead Metal, Material Bead, Process Filigree, Process Hammered, Process Cast
Dimensions: Width: max 48 mm, Width: max 52 mm, Length: max 66 mm, Length: max 71 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 2019.22.1

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