Earring
| Title | Earring |
|---|---|
| Publication Place | Afghanistan (made) - |
| Subject | Jewellery |
| Type | Other |
| Language | Undetermined |
| Digital | Yes |
| Manuscript | No |
| Physical Dimensions | Length: 6.5cm |
| Library: | Victoria and Albert Museum |
| Library Asset ID | ME.42:1&2-2019 |
| Record ID | ME.42:1&2-2019 |
| Library Location | Middle East Section |
| Notes | Pair of gold and glass earrings from north Afghanistan |
| Malzemeler ve teknikler | Gold and glass. Wirework and granulation |
| Parçalar | Earrings, Earrings |
| Fiziksel açıklama | A pair of vertical gold earrings made of gold wire and a blue glass stone. Each earring has an almost circular loop at the top which carries down and supports the decorative part of the piece. At the top there is a dark blue flat-cut glass stone of tear-drop shape set in a bezel within a lac-filled gold mount decorated with granulation. The setting is fused onto a gold back-plate with a serrated edge which also is fringed with granulation. A matrix stamped leaflets applied to the lower edge and covers the topmost portion of the lower part of the vertical wire which is wrapped in coils of 2-ply twisted gold wire. The bottom end has a decorative granulated terminal.. On the back of the earring immediately above the coiled wire there is a triangulated slip of gold soldered onto the back of the flattened wire beneath the stone setting. It would appear to be a fastening for some unknown attachment. |
