Pen and black ink, brush and gray watercolor on light green paper
Dimensions:
9.5 × 7.7 cm (3 3/4 × 3 1/16 in.)
Type:
jewelry
Drawing
Object Name:
Drawing
Made in:
probably Naples, Italy
Date:
ca. 1780
Catalogue Status:
Research in Progress
Description:
Jewelry design for an earring. A disk above and three hanging drops below in the form of flowers, each framed by leaves, the drop at lower center the largest and in the shape of a palmette. Connecting the disk and drops is a knotted ribbon with two horizontal downward-curved stems, each with two leaves and a bud, from which hang the two surrounding drops at left and right.
Credit Line:
Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund
