Earrings

Object/Artifact

-

Ripon Historical Society

Name/Title

Earrings

Entry/Object ID

2025.291.2

Description

Gold earrings belonging to the daughter of Isabella Hunter, Arabella Maxwell (Mrs. James H.). Maxwell was born in the original “Long House,” located in the Wisconsin Phalanx settlement, near what now is Ceresco Park on Union Street. She was the first white female born in Ceresco/Ripon.

Acquisition

Accession

2025.291

Made/Created

Date made

circa 1880

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Tertiary Object Term

Earring

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Ornament, Ear

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Jewelry

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Body Adornments

Nomenclature Class

Adornment

Nomenclature Category

Category 03: Personal Objects