Earring Item Number: Edz1697 from the MOA: University of British Columbia

Description

An earring made of cut circular glass pieces attached with metal. From the top hook, there is a flower shape made out of one central red cut circular glass (?) piece surrounded by six clear ones. Below this flower, there is a small diamond shape made out of four clear cut circular glass (?) pieces. From this small diamond shape, there is a larger diamond shape made out of one central light green cut circular glass (?) piece surrounded by eight clear ones. Underneath this larger diamond shape, there is a design consisting of a central red cut circular glass (?) piece surrounded by twenty clear ones creating 'arms' with an arch above and two separate dangling pieces at the bottom corners. At the end of each 'arm', there is a hook. Chinese opera accessory most likely from the 1920's.