Advanced Search 
Imitation jet drop earring (two of a pair)
Kenneth Jay Lane (American, born in 1932)
American
about 1965
Medium/Technique
Brass, glass
Dimensions
Height x width x depth: 17.8 × 6.8 x 1.3 cm (7 × 2 11/16 x 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Carole Tanenbaum
Accession Number2018.3898.2
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsJewelry, Contemporary Art, Americas
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment – Earrings, flares, plugs, studs
DescriptionImitation jet beads are mounted on flexible black-plated brass to form a lacy, open-work floral motif in this Spanish seventeenth-century-inspired drop earring. Three long strands of black faceted beads, prong-set in circles, graze the wearer's shoulder.
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.
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.
CopyrightReproduced with permission.