Pair of Earrings
Maker: Unknown
Gold stylised ram's head terminals. Heads of hollow gold foil. Horns of wire added separately and soldered to the head. Hinged shank of wire, which hooks into the ram's mouth. Suspended from the horns an oval of thick circular section wire; inside this, suspended by looped twisted wire, a pendant in the shape of a jar.
History note: Unknown before testator
C.B. Marlay Bequest
Length: 50.0 mm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1912) by Marlay, Charles Brinsley
19th Century, second half#
Circa
1850
CE
-
1880
CE
Accessioned as Cypriot, but without evidence for their manufacture there
Accession number: MAR.M.296A & B-1912
Primary reference Number: 45897
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Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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