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Earring (generic title)

Title	Earring (generic title)
Author	Unknown
Publication Date:	1860
Publication Place	Syria (made) -
Subject	Jewellery Metalwork
Type	Other
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Physical Dimensions	Maximum length: 3.4cm
Library:	Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID	1549-1873
Record ID	1549-1873
Library Location	Middle East Section
Date	1860
Notes	Earrings, in a wide variety of designs, were worn by women throughout the Islamic world. This example was bought for three shillings and sixpence, for the pair, at the International Exhibition, London, 1872. The crescent shape is typical of Islamic earrings. This one would originally have had pendants hanging from the loops along the lower edge. It was described as having the name halak when it was acquired, which is a generic Arabic name for earrings.
Malzemeler ve teknikler	Gilded copper filigree set with a blue glass bead Gilt Gold Gilt Filigree
Fiziksel açıklama	Gilt copper crescent earring. The wire is made of spiral grooved wire and is attached by a hinge at one end at right angles to the crescent and by a horizontal pin fastening at the other. There is a mount below each of the two attachments, one of which contains a blue glass bead. The crescent is made from a length of plain wire threaded with three open filigree beads alternating with two rosettes made from short tubes soldered side by side. There is a short tube of spiral wire soldered to the lower edge of each of the beads and rosettes which may have held a string of beads or some other kind of pendant.

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Earring (generic title)

Author Unknown

Publication Date 1860

Publication Place Syria (made) -

Subject Jewellery Metalwork

Type Other

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Physical Dimensions Maximum length: 3.4cm

Library Victoria and Albert Museum

Library Asset ID 1549-1873

Record ID 1549-1873

Library Location Middle East Section

Date 1860

Notes Earrings, in a wide variety of designs, were worn by women throughout the Islamic world. This example was bought for three shillings and sixpence, for the pair, at the International Exhibition, London, 1872. The crescent shape is typical of Islamic earrings. This one would originally have had pendants hanging from the loops along the lower edge. It was described as having the name halak when it was acquired, which is a generic Arabic name for earrings.

Malzemeler ve teknikler Gilded copper filigree set with a blue glass bead Gilt Gold Gilt Filigree

Fiziksel açıklama Gilt copper crescent earring. The wire is made of spiral grooved wire and is attached by a hinge at one end at right angles to the crescent and by a horizontal pin fastening at the other. There is a mount below each of the two attachments, one of which contains a blue glass bead. The crescent is made from a length of plain wire threaded with three open filigree beads alternating with two rosettes made from short tubes soldered side by side. There is a short tube of spiral wire soldered to the lower edge of each of the beads and rosettes which may have held a string of beads or some other kind of pendant.