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Collection: Digital Dress Collection Collection: The Henry Ford Historic Costume Collection Subject: Jewelry Subject: Earrings Content Type: Image Date: 1845 Content Type: Image Collection: The Henry Ford Historic Costume Collection Subject: Earrings Collection: The Henry Ford Historic Costume Collection-
Brooch and Earring Set, about 1870
Coral was a popular material in jewelry making for many years.This particular piece incorporates coral with fairly inexpensive gold plated silver.Bigger brooches and long earrings were popular in the second half of the 19th century, until they fell out of favor because they could easily rip the lace collars and bodices that became popular in the 1880's.