ear-ring

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Object Type
Museum number: 1902,1108.19
Description: Silver earring: twisted wire hoop strung with large composite sheet polyhedral bead with four collared, lozenge-shaped red, blue and yellow glass settings, a small tubular setting at each corner, and inlaid triangular glass in interstices; hoop in two pieces.
Cultures/periods
Production date: 7thC
Findspot: Found/Acquired: Mosel, River (?|region); Found/Acquired: Moselle, River (?|region); Found/Acquired: Rhine, River (?|region)
Materials: silver; glass
Technique: twisted (wire); inlaid
Dimensions: Height: 4.20 centimetres
Curator's comments: Comment from Kidd, Haith & Ager ‘Summary Catalogue’ (draft MS) Provenance: Unrecorded, but said to be from "the district of the Rhine and Moselle", Germany; recent research has shown that the vendor has been notoriously unreliable. Given by The Friends of The British Museum Acquired from David Reiling of Mainz through Max Rosenheim
Location: Not on display
Acquisition name: Donated by: Friends of the British Museum; Purchased through: David Reiling
Acquisition date: 1902
Department: Britain, Europe and Prehistory
Registration number: 1902,1108.19

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