Collection Highlights
Slave shackles
Date:
ca. 1866
Object Number:
1921.20
Medium:
Steel
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Earrings
Object Number:
Z.2025ab
Date:
1830-1860
Medium:
Marble, chalcedony, gold
Dimensions:
overall: 1 1/4 x 3/4 x 1/4 in.
Description:
Pair of Florentine mosaic earrings; oval black marble inlaid with colored marble and chalcedony in a flower bouquet design; framed with gold decorated with twisted wire imitating granulation; gold ear wires.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Mrs. Robert B. Noyes
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
