PAIR OF EARRINGS

Creator(s): Eugene Jaccard & Co. (Jeweler)

Currently in storage

About this object

Pair of white, silk, hand painted, oval earrings made of silk that has been stretched over a hard (presumably wooden) innards piece with gold colored metal hooks. The silk has been hand painted with purple pansies highlighted with yellow and white and white and yellow lilies of the valley to fit each piece individually.

Object name:

PAIR OF EARRINGS

Made from:

silk --wood --metal --paint

Made in:

St. Louis, USA

Date made:

1835-1880

Size:

½” W x 1 ¼” L

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:

2014.10.11.1-2

Signature marks:

LABEL “Eugene Jaccard & Co.” “St. Louis”

Credit line:

Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973