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Suite of jewelry

19th century
Object PlaceSicily, Italy
Medium/TechniqueGilded silver, red tourmalines, and seed pearls
DimensionsOverall (pendant): 16 x 7.5 x 15 cm (6 5/16 x 2 15/16 x 5 7/8 in.)
Other (earring): 9.2 x 4.5 x 1.2 cm (3 5/8 x 1 3/4 x 1/2 in.)
Other (earring): 9.2 x 5 x 1 cm (3 5/8 x 1 15/16 x 3/8 in.)
Credit LineGift of Gordon Abbott, Katherine Batchelder, and Eleanor Lothrop
Accession number56.222a-c
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment
Collections
ProvenancePendant and earrings originally belonged to similar but not identical sets.
Bracelet
Miyé Matsukata
about 1979–80
Choker
Marie Zimmermann
1938
a-b
Second half 19th century
a-b
Second half 19th century
Head-dress
19th century
Pin
Lilly Fitzgerald
about 1989
Hat pin
Early 20th century
a-d
mid-19th century
a-c
19th century