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Description: | MANU unknown This earring is composed of round facetted garnets arranged in two clusters - one around an oval stone and the other around a pear cut stone, the two clusters hinged in a drop, set into gold. It is part of the jewellery associated with the estate of James McNeill Whistler. The exact ownership of this piece has not yet been established, but it may have been owned by Beatrix Whistler or a member of her or the Whistler family. Garnets are the most dominant stone in the collection which includes a handsome garniture given to Beatrix Whistler by her husband, and specially mounted by him in a presentation box after her death. See also 53447 - 53459.
Birnie Philip Bequest 1958. | License: | http://www.hmag.gla.ac.uk/spirit/rights/ | Publisher: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Rights holder: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Subjects: | JEWELLERY : COSTUMEJEWELLERY : EARRING : GARNET : WHISTLER CENTENARY : | Source: | Hunterian Museum | Creator: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Identifier: | http://www.huntsearch.gla.ac.uk/cgi-bin/... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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