Design for an Earring
Unknown Maker
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: Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund
late 18th century
Pen and black ink, brush and wash on off-white paper
1938-88-851
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