Collection Highlights
Baby walker
Date:
1700-1750
Object Number:
INV.14959
Medium:
Cherry (by microanalysis)
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Earrings
Object Number:
INV.12533ab
Date:
1890-1910
Medium:
Metal, enamel
Dimensions:
overall (each): 1/2 x 5/8 x 3/4 in. ( 1.3 x 1.6 x 1.9 cm )
Description:
Pair of wire hook earrings made of metal in the form of pansies, painted with purple and yellow enamel.
Gallery Label:
It was a popular custom among women in the second half of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries to give pansies to other women to signify a bond of friendship. These earrings may have been such a gift.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
