Collection Highlights
Balustrade section from Federal Hall, New York
Date:
1788-1789
Object Number:
1884.3
Medium:
Painted wrought iron
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Pendant and earrings set
Object Number:
1911.65a-c
Date:
1840-1880
Medium:
Gold, chalcedony
Dimensions:
overall (earrings, each): 5/8 x 3 x 1 1/4 in. ( 1.6 x 7.6 x 3.2 cm )
overall (pendant): 3/4 x 4 1/2 x 2 1/8 in. ( 1
Description:
Matching gold and onyx pendant and earrings set (demi-parure), all pieces of the same design; pendant (a) has a stirrup shaped bail suspending a cameo with classical female bust set in bezel against gold frame, frame is a square turned on a right angle surrounded with fan shapes and scroll work, suspending five arrowhead shaped ornaments, bail, frame and bezel decorated with beadwork throughout; wire hook earrings (b, c) match pendant except with cameo bail rather than gold.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Catherine Augustus De Peyster
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
