Earring with hair work, Earring with filigree and hair work. The elongated teardrop-shaped center piece is surrounded by filigree work, including horns and flowers of Zeeland buds. Below, depending, three stamped gold ornaments. The hook is connected to this by an eye at the top of the earring and is decorated with a stamped ornament and Zeeland buttons. The decoration of the hooks is different, one has a French lily in the middle, the other a flower with volutes. The teardrop-shaped center piece shows its work on ivory under glass. The representation is that of a chest with the letters CAT, with an urn and a weeping willow beside it. Marks on the hook with flower: lion head turned to the left, mt. MS with hammer type between the letters = F. Muhlenschmidt and W. Schammer., F. Muhlenschmidt, Amsterdam, 1841, gold (metal), ivory, glass, filigree, h 8.5 cm × w 2.4 cm
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