Sun, Moon, Stars, Rain Wedding Crown

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Sun, Moon, Stars, Rain Wedding Crown

merry renk (American, 1921–2012)

American

1974

Object Place: San Francisco, California, United States

Medium/Technique Silver, gold, pearls, plique a jour enamel

Dimensions Overall: 8.5 x 27 cm, 0.1 kg (3 3/8 x 10 5/8 in., 0.2 lb.)
Other (Overall): 8.5cm (3 3/8in.)

Credit Line Gift in honor of Rose R. Jockwig

Accession Number1984.739

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsJewelry, Contemporary Art, Americas

ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment

DescriptionA circlet of overlapping V's of 1 mm. silver wire with fused ends, soldered at the crossings, with two secondary rows of smaller V's. Twenty jewels are on small vertical posts attached to the ends of the second row of V's: five stars of six seed pearls each alternate with five raindrops of blue plique-a-jour enamel, five suns of gold wire posts with fused ends, five moons of green enamel. (from card)

ProvenancePurchased from the artist in the mid 1970's by Joan Pearson Watkins; to MFA October 31, 1984, gift.