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Pink floral glass earring (one of a pair)

Miriam Haskell Company (American, founded in 1926)
American
1965–1970

Medium/Technique Glass, gilt metal
Dimensions Height: 6 cm (2 3/8 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Carole Tanenbaum
Accession Number2018.4147.2
NOT ON VIEW

DescriptionThese feminine drop earrings have gold-plated screw-back unpierced ear wires. At the cup of the ear wire, small circular glass beads are set against gold plated hearts in the shape of a flower. The drop consists of gold-plated filigree from which a pink blown-glass bell-shaped bead dangles. Extending from the filigree, a gold-plated oval wire is threaded with small pale pink glass beads. Bell-shaped glass beads of various sizes dangle from the bottom of the oval wire.
Marks MIRIAM HASKELL [on cup of ear wire] HASKELL [on back of hinged clamp]
PAT NO. 3.176.475 [on adjusting screw]
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.