Medium:

Pen and black ink, brush and wash on off-white paper

Dimensions:

12.8 × 9.3 cm (5 1/16 × 3 11/16 in.)

Type:

jewelry

Drawing

Object Name:

Drawing

Made in:

probably Naples, South Italy, Italy

Date:

late 18th century

Catalogue Status:

Research in Progress

Description:

Jewelry design for an earring, a disk above and three drops below. The disk is seemingly the central motif of a bunch, consisting besides it of two flower stems and four scrolls of ribbon, the whole being fastened by a rosette. Bevelled corners.

Credit Line:

Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund

Accession Number:

1938-88-851

Restrictions & Rights:

CC0

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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection

Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department

Data Source:

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq4524237c2-b8ee-4219-b6db-e91a6116160d

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:chndm_1938-88-851