Earrings

Object/Artifact

Vermont Historical Society

Name/Title

Earrings

Entry/Object ID

1940.8.4a-b

Description

Pair of hairwork earrings consisting of four lacriform drops suspended from a center bead. The drops are hollow and constructed from bobbin lace made from human hair. The central bead is made in the same way but is not hollow.

Context

Worn by Mary L. Tillison of Swanton, Vermont

Acquisition

Accession

1940.8

Source or Donor

Beebe, Anna Bullard (1863-1942)

Acquisition Method

Gift

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

Material

Gold, Hair

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Bullard, Mary L. Tillison (1835-1917)

Related Places

Place

Town

Swanton

County

Franklin County

State/Province

Vermont

Country

United States of America

Continent

North America