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Green cluster earring (one of a pair)

Elsa Schiaparelli (Italian (active in France), 1890–1973)
Italian
1950–1959

Medium/Technique Oxidized metal, glass
Dimensions Height x width: 5 × 3 cm (1 15/16 × 1 3/16 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Carole Tanenbaum
Accession Number2018.3895.3
NOT ON VIEW

DescriptionThis clip-on earring features a cluster of irredescent, Aurora Borealis crystals as well as green and blue, marquise-cut and oval glass cabochons prong-set in oxidized silver-tone metal.
Marks Schiaparelli [in script]
ProvenanceBetween about 1970s and 2018, acquired by Carole Tanenbaum, Toronto, Ontario [see note]; 2018, gift of Carole Tanenbaum to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 12, 2018)

NOTE: This is part of a large collection of costume jewelry given to the MFA in 2018, which had been built over about 40 years.