- Title:
- Ear ornaments
- Object name(s):
- Earrings
- Brief description:
- The ear ornaments are made from hollow sheet gold with applied chased, twisted and plain wire, granulation and other decoration.
- Collection:
- Victoria and Albert Museum
- Associated concept:
- Jewellery
- Associated concept:
- Metalwork
- Associated concept:
- India Museum
- Current reproduction location:
- https://framemark.vam.ac.uk/collections/2006BG4697/full/!100,100/0/default.jpg
- Location type:
- Thumbnail
- Dimension:
- Length
- Dimension measurement unit:
- cm
- Dimension value:
- 3
- Dimension:
- Width
- Dimension measured part:
- maximum
- Dimension measurement unit:
- cm
- Dimension value:
- 2.6
- Dimension:
- Depth
- Dimension measurement unit:
- cm
- Dimension value:
- 2.2
- Material:
- Gold
- Object history note:
- The objects came from the Annual International Exhibition, London, 1872, acquired by the India Museum in 1877, transferred from the India Museum in 1879.
- Object name:
- Earrings
- Object number:
- 02970A/(IS)
- Object production date:
- mid 19th century
- Date - association:
- Made
- Date - earliest / single:
- 1825-01-01
- Date - latest:
- 1875-12-31
- Object production note:
- Described in register as 'toe rings, Bengal' - may possibly be from Assam. However, these are ear ornaments.
- Object production person:
- Unknown
- Object production place:
- Bengal
- Place association:
- Made
- Place note:
- probably Orissa or Assam
- Physical description:
- The ear ornaments are made from hollow sheet gold with applied chased, twisted and plain wire, granulation and other decoration.
- Reproduction number:
- 2006BG4697
- Responsible department/section:
- SSEA
- Technique:
- Chasing
- Technique:
- granulation
- Technique:
- Gold, with applied beaded and twisted wire and granulation.
- Text reason:
- Collections online record
- Text:
- These earrings, made from hollow sheet gold with applied chased, twisted and plain wire, granulation and other decoration, were probably produced in Eastern India. They were included in the 1872 Annual International Exhibition in London, acquired by the Indian Museum in 1877, and transferred to the South Kensington Museum (later renamed the Victoria and Albert Museum) in 1879.
- Text reason:
- Summary description
- User's reference:
- Reference:
- Arts of Bengal : the heritage of Bangladesh and eastern India : an exhibition organized by the Whitechapel Art Gallery in collaboration with the Victoria and Albert Museum : 9 November-30 December 1979, Whitechapel Art Gallery ..., 12 January-17 February 1980, Manchester City Art Gallery ... . [London]: Whitechapel Art Gallery, [1979] Number: 085488047X (pbk.) :
- Reference:
- Barnard, Nick, Indian Jewellery: The V&A Collection London: V&A Publishing, 2008 Number: ISBN 9781851774838
- User's reference:
- Reference details:
- p.73
- User's reference:
- Reference details:
- p. 61, pl.3.15
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