Name/Title
Pair of clip-on cluster earrings, amethyst/pink faceted glassEntry/Object ID
2025.1.74Description
A pair of domed cluster earrings, each made of small faceted glass beads in translucent amethyst/mauve-pink wired together into a rounded flower-like mound over a circular metal cup/disc base. Each earring has roughly a dozen beads radiating around a central bead, wired through a perforated disc; the reverse shows a silver-tone metal disc with a hinged clip-back (clip-on, not pierced) fitting. The beads match the necklace recorded alongside in color, faceting, and size. The metal is silver-tone with light tarnish; the beads are bright.Item Type
Earrings - PairContext
Purchased in Le Trianon store in Galiano street in Havana.Collection
The Cabrera Arús family collection, Gertrudis Caraballo Gálvez collecitionMade/Created
Notes
MAKER: Unknown; unmarked. No maker’s mark or metal stamp is visible on the disc or clip in these views. Costume jewelry; manufacturer not identified.
DATE / PERIOD: Not marked; mid-20th century (estimated). Beaded cluster clip earrings were especially popular from the 1940s through the 1960s, and the clip findings and construction are consistent with that range, but nothing fixes a date.
ORIGIN: Not established from the object (no country or maker mark visible). Faceted-glass bead jewelry was widely produced (the Czech/Bohemian industry prominent among others), but that is general background, not evidence for this pair.Materials
Material Notes
MATERIALS: Faceted glass beads (amethyst/pink, translucent); base-metal findings (perforated disc, wire, hinged clip-back) with silver-tone finish; beads wired to the disc with fine metal wire.
TECHNIQUES: Hand-wired bead cluster — faceted beads threaded on wire and massed over a perforated metal disc to form a dome, the wire ends secured behind; disc mounted to a clip-back finding. Standard mid-century costume-jewelry construction.Relationships
Related Person or Organization
Person or Organization
Gertrudis Caraballo GálvezNotes
OwnerRelated Places
Place
City
HavanaCountry
CubaRegion
Caribbean, Central AmericaNotes
PurchasePlace
Country
CzechoslovakiaRegion
Eastern EuropeContinent
EuropeNotes
Probably originResearch Notes
Notes
This is a pair of clip-on cluster earrings in faceted amethyst/pink glass that match, in color and bead type, the triple-strand necklace recorded alongside them; together they are almost certainly a matched set (a demi-parure or parure — a coordinated necklace-and-earrings suite).
The general association of faceted glass beads with the Czech and other glass industries is background.Created By
María A. Cabrera ArúsCreate Date
October 16, 2025Updated By
María A. Cabrera ArúsUpdate Date
June 14, 2026
