Earrings
CultureChinese
Dateca. 1850
MediumGold with tiger claw
DimensionsOverall: 2 3/8 in. (6 cm)
Credit LineGift of Rev. Moss W. Armistead
Object number87.260
Not on view
DescriptionEarrings are made of a single tooth mounted in very fine filigree gold work suspended by a fine gold chain from screw posts (replacements for pierced mounts).ProvenanceGift of Rev. Moss W. Armistead, Portsmouth, VA, to the Chrysler Museum of Art, 1987.
ca. 1850
ca. 1860
18th century
1850-1900
ca. 1815
