Description (Physical description)
Pair of silver earrings with openwork decoration
Event Date 1922
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
Paper label glued into the accession record (possibly from the 1922 Sotheby's Sale): 'silver earrings, disk shaped, with minute pierced design'.
Event Date 1922
Author: Dominique Devadason

Context (Related Documents)
The lot entry 423 from the sales catalogue is pasted in the Accession Register and reads: '423. A silver Jar, tapering downwards, with flat rim; and a pair of silver Earrings, disc dhaped, with minute pierced design; from Pachacamac. (3)'. A later hand noted: 'Dr H.O. Forbes Collect. sold Sotheby's 2 Nov 1922' with the individual idnos annotated.
Event Date 1922
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Context (Auction / Sale)
Part of Lot 423/3 of Sotheby's Sale on 2 November 1922
Event Date 2/11/1922
Author: maa

Context (Display)
Exhibited: Maudslay Gallery, Central case, until to 1985.
Event Date 1985
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Description (Physical description)
Silver alloy nose ring, possibly an earring. Flat crescent-shape; with two crescent bands of openwork tangle or scroll motifs; both ends taper to a point. Surface has a shiny silver hue; and is splitting along the decorative band.
Event Date 12/12/2024
Author: Dominique Devadason

Context (Analysis)
1922.1221 A and 1922.1221 B are almost identical. This could indicate that they are a matching pair of earrings; alternatively they could be nose rings of a similar appearance.
Event Date 12/12/2024
Author: Dominique Devadason