Pair of clip-on dangle earrings with openwork sun/flower disc
Entry/Object ID
2026.12.1
Description
A matched pair of silver-tone clip-on dangle earrings. Each has a hinged clip-back fitting with a ribbed paddle at the top, from which a flat, round openwork disc hangs by a small jump-ring. The disc is pierced in a geometric design — an outer ring enclosing a radiating arrangement of arcs and triangular/petal segments around a central open circle, reading as a stylized sunburst or flower/mandala.
Item Type
Earrings - Pair
Use
Belonged to Idalia Morejón’s mother
Acquisition
Accession
2026.12
Made/Created
Notes
Date: Undated. The clip-back style and geometric openwork motif are consistent with mid-20th-century (1960s–70s) costume jewelry, but nothing on the object fixes a date; cannot be confirmed within 1959–1990 and may fall outside it. Tentative.
Materials
Material
Metal
Material Notes
Materials: Silver-tone metal — silver, nickel silver/alpaca, or silver-plated base metal; not determinable without marks.
Technique: Cast or die-stamped openwork (pierced) discs; hinged clip-back fittings; jump-ring suspension.
Condition
Overall Condition
Good
Research Notes
Notes
Clip-on (non-pierced) costume earrings with a geometric openwork sun/flower motif, broadly mid-century in style. Without hallmarks, attribution can't be settled from this image — Cuban domestic costume jewelry, Cuban artisanal work, or an imported "other foreign goods" piece are all possible.
