Collection Highlights
I Sell the Shadow to Support the Substance
Date:
1864
Object Number:
PR.011.5
Medium:
Albumen print mounted on card (Carte de Visite)
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Pair of earrings
Object Number:
INV.12532ab
Date:
1800-1900
Medium:
Jet, metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 x 5/8 in. ( 2.5 x 1.6 cm )
Description:
Pair of pendant jet earrings, each comprising vertical line of metal set with 3 faceted jets, attached with swiveling hinge to pointed rectangle of metal similarly set with 9 faceted jets; each jet bead framed with smaller beads; jets missing from each earring; metal ear-wires.
Credit Line:
Gift of Isabella Vaché Cox
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
