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NOW OPEN TO ALL: Gems and Jewelry, A Program from The Walters Art Museum
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Gems and Jewelry
A Walters Museum Virtual Program
Tuesday, March 4, 3:00-4:00 pm
NOW OPEN TO ALL
The array of exquisite jewelry at the Walters Art Museum represents an enormous range of periods, regions, artistic and stylistic developments and materials. The collection includes many pieces purchased by Henry Walters, as well as extensive donations by museum supporters including Henry Walters’s niece, Laura Delano and New York gemologist, Benjamin Zucker.
This program–led by docent Leslie Bethell–includes 25 signature objects from the Walters collection such as a magnificent pair of gold bracelets encrusted with precious stones and multicolored enamel inlay discovered in a tomb in Olbia, in present-day Ukraine, and dating to the 1st century B.C.; a pair of eagle fibulae from 6th-century Visigothic Spain; and an iris corsage ornament by Tiffany & Co. decorated with 139 sapphires and other gems that was a grand prize winner at the 1900 Paris Exposition Universelle.
This virtual tour is organized by FHNN and Little Falls Village as part of our collaboration. It is open to everyone. Register online. FHNN members or volunteers who need help registering can email information.fhnn@gmail.com with Gems in the subject line.