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MAKER: Unknown; unmarked. No maker’s mark or metal stamp is visible on the disc or clip in these views. Costume jewelry; manufacturer not identified. DATE / PERIOD: Not marked; mid-20th century (estimated). Beaded cluster clip earrings were especially popular from the 1940s through the 1960s, and the clip findings and construction are consistent with that range, but nothing fixes a date. ORIGIN: Not established from the object (no country or maker mark visible). Faceted-glass bead jewelry was widely produced (the Czech/Bohemian industry prominent among others), but that is general background, not evidence for this pair.

MATERIALS: Faceted glass beads (amethyst/pink, translucent); base-metal findings (perforated disc, wire, hinged clip-back) with silver-tone finish; beads wired to the disc with fine metal wire. TECHNIQUES: Hand-wired bead cluster — faceted beads threaded on wire and massed over a perforated metal disc to form a dome, the wire ends secured behind; disc mounted to a clip-back finding. Standard mid-century costume-jewelry construction.

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This is a pair of clip-on cluster earrings in faceted amethyst/pink glass that match, in color and bead type, the triple-strand necklace recorded alongside them; together they are almost certainly a matched set (a demi-parure or parure — a coordinated necklace-and-earrings suite). The general association of faceted glass beads with the Czech and other glass industries is background.