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Mesh earring (one of a pair)

1930–1939
Country of Origin, for CustomsUnited States
Medium/TechniqueGold-tone metal mesh, glass
DimensionsHeight x width: 4.5 × 2 cm (1 3/4 × 13/16 in.)
Credit LineGift of Carole Tanenbaum
Accession number2018.3932.2
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment
Collections
ProvenanceBetween about 1970s and 2018, acquired by Carole Tanenbaum, Toronto, Ontario [see note]; 2018, gift of Carole Tanenbaum to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 12, 2018)

NOTE: This is part of a large collection of costume jewelry given to the MFA in 2018, which had been built over about 40 years.
1930–1939
Hattie Carnegie
1950–1959
Mazer Brothers
1945–1948
Pauline Rader
1960–1969
Hattie Carnegie
1960–1969
Restricted: For reference only
about 1920
Group shot: 2009.4221, 2009.4222.1-2
Whiting & Davis Co.
late 20th century
Whiting & Davis Co.
20th century