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Source Description
A simple, lightweight gold earring composed of a crossbar, two pendant pearls, and a small disk partially concealing the ear wire, of a type found in great quantity among the ruins of Pompeii.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
21060
label
Earring
core
obj
dtoType
object
citationUrl
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
21060
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Earring
description
A simple, lightweight gold earring composed of a crossbar, two pendant pearls, and a small disk partially concealing the ear wire, of a type found in great quantity among the ruins of Pompeii.
provenance
Henry Walters, Baltimore, [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Sadie Jones (Mrs. Henry Walters), New York, 1931, by inheritance; Joseph Brummer, Paris and New York, 1941, by purchase [Brummer inv. no. N5132]; Walters Art Museum, 1941, by purchase.
date
1st century CE
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
earrings (jewelry)
imageCount
1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensionsRaw
H: 1 1/16 in. (2.7 cm)
Source extras
med
gold, pearls
creator_ids
6191
collection_ids
ROM
JWL
exhibition_ids
2513
Single page context
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1
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0
type
photo
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