Pair of Red Coral Earrings
Datelate 18th or early 19th century
OriginEurope or Great Britain
MediumGold, red coral (Corallium rubrum)
DimensionsOverall: 2.5 x 2.2cm (1 x 7/8in.)
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Edna G. Tucker and Ms. Wendy S. Tucker in memory of their husband and father, Edward Bolton "Teddy" Tucker, M.B.E.
Object number2015-268,1&2
DescriptionPair of earrings, each with a gold filigree mount supporting an oval cameo of red coral carved with a woman's head; wires are probabaly replaced.
late 18th or early 19th century
late 18th century
early 19th century
18th century
1789/1790
ca. 1800
ca. 1790
Last quarter 18th c.