Brooch, sterling silver; crown from which is suspended hearts with gold-colored tear-shaped ornaments; engraved on back: "MESTENES NORWAY ____ling;" length: 9.7 centimeters. Materials, techniques: Sterling, gold colored metal (possible gold on silver i.e. vermeil)
Donor:
Barbara E. Busch
Collection place:
Norway
Verbatim coll. place:
Norway; Mestenes (prob. manufacturer)
Collector:
Barbara E. Busch
Collection date:
circa 1983
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Brooches
Accession date:
November 1986
Department:
Europe and western Russia (except Classical Mediterranean)
Comment:
Context of use: Woman's jewelry, derived from traditional peasant jewelry. See Gerlach, M., PRIMITIVE AND FOLK JEWLERY, pl. 18 and others