Earrings, about 1870

Description:

These earrings are quite typical gold metal and black enamel earrings dating from about 1870.This gold metal and black enamel decoration is quite popular 1870-1890.However, the decoration on the plaques appears to be from the late 1860s or early 1870s and the length of the earrings indicates a date of the 1870.By the 1880s earrings had become shorter to prevent them from becoming entangled in lacy collars; these are too long to date from the 1880s.

Date Issued:

[1865 TO 1875]

Data Provider:

Wayne State University. Libraries and The Henry Ford

Collection:

Digital Dress Collection

Subject Topic:

Earrings, Jewelry, Enamel and enameling, Plating (Metal Coating), and Gold

Format:

clothing

Rights:

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URL:

http://digital.library.wayne.edu/item/wayne:EM02_2002_0_19_73