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Pair of Earrings
Possibly Johann Conrad Geiss, Berlin, Germany
1820-1830
Titles
Pair of Earrings (Descriptive)
Artist
Possibly, Johann Conrad Geiss, Germany, 1772 - 1846; private foundry est. about 1814
Medium
cast iron
Dimensions
2 3/16 × 1 in., 3.3g (5.5 × 2.6 cm) 2 3/16 × 1 in., 3.2g (5.5 × 2.6 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of American Cast Iron Pipe Company, 1986.332.3a-b
Work Type
earrings
Classification
Jewelry
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Signature
None
Marks
None
Inscription
None
Provenance
Gustav Lamprecht, Leipzig; sold to Max Koehler, St. Louis about 1922; by descent to Hugo Koehler, St. Louis; sold to American Cast Iron Pipe Company, Birmingham about 1939; gift to the Birmingham Museum of Art 1986
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