Name/Title
Pair of rhinestone-and-beaded-tassel clip-on dangle earringsEntry/Object ID
2025.20.9Description
A matched pair of ornate clip-on chandelier/tassel earrings in tarnished gilt/silver-tone metal. Each has a floral surmount set with round colorless rhinestones (paste), a hinged clip-back fitting behind it, and below a domed bell/cap also set with rhinestones, from which hang several bead-link chains forming a beaded tassel fringe. The fringe beads are small, round, and matte off-white/tan.Item Type
Earrings - PairAcquisition
Accession
2025.20Acquisition Method
GiftMade/Created
Notes
Date: Undated. The foiled-paste-and-beaded-fringe chandelier style is consistent with mid-20th-century (c. 1940s–50s) costume jewelry, but nothing on the object fixes a date; cannot be confirmed within 1959–1990 and may fall outside it (a pre-1959 date is possible). Tentative.Materials
Material Notes
Materials: Base metal (gilt/silver-tone, now tarnished); colorless paste rhinestones (foiled glass); small round fringe beads — possibly imitation pearls with worn coating, or glass/metal (not determinable).
Technique: Stamped/cast metal settings with bezel/collet-set paste stones; bead-link chain tassels assembled with wire loops; hinged clip-back fittings.Research Notes
Notes
An ornate paste-and-bead clip earring of a chandelier-tassel form characteristic of mid-20th-century costume jewelry, plausibly predating 1959. Without hallmarks, neither a firm date nor an origin (Cuban domestic, artisanal, or imported "other foreign goods") can be established.Created By
María A. Cabrera ArúsCreate Date
October 27, 2025Updated By
María A. Cabrera ArúsUpdate Date
June 13, 2026
