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  • Earrings (India), late 19th century

    Pair of earrings of gilt metal, filigree, the outer half circle form has suspended white glass pearls and beads in green and turquoise. Inner circle is set with pendants.

  • Earrings (USA), ca. 1850

    Pair of earrings of hairi-work woven into spherical and cylindrical forms, mounted in gold.

  • Earrings (Italy), ca. 1860

    “Florentine Mosaic” parure, set in gilt metal filigree and granule decoration surrounding circles (upper portion of earrings), and half-circles of porcelain or enamel. The parure is composed of: brooch; pendant…

  • Miser’s Purse (France), early 19th century

    White silk purse ornamented with cut steel and gold beads in small diamond pattern. Two rings of cut steel in gold control side opening. Twisted gold beads ending in larger…

  • Miser’s Purse (France), early 19th century

    Crocheted white silk ornamented with gold beads in all-over checkerboard pattern. Two gold rings with foliate decoration control side opening; fancy gold drops at each end.

  • Miser’s Purse (France), 1820–40

    Netted white silk ornamented evenly with gold beads in small cone pattern. Two hexagonal gold rings engraved with floral and scroll motifs, control a side opening. Long tassels of gold…

  • Miser’s Purse (France), 1830–60

    Netted white silk ornamented with gold and cut steel beads, on one side only, in a zigzag and stylized floral pattern. One ring of cut steel rimmed in gold controls…

  • Miser’s Purse (France), 1810–40

    Initialed “AC” and “JC”; a base of cream-colored knitted silk is solidly covered with minute opalescent beads; it is further ornamented with gold and cut steel beads in a stylized…

  • Miser’s Purse (France), 1830–60

    Strings of tiny opalescent beads form a network of mesh. A gold bead is centered at each intersection of the mesh. Two honeycombed gold rings control side opening; two gold…

  • Miser’s Purse (France), 1830–60

    An open mesh formed of small opalescent beads with a turquoise bead at each intersection and turquoise beads outlining the side opening. Two floral patterned gold rings control slit opening.…

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