{"id":229,"date":"2026-04-23T17:37:35","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T17:37:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pressbooks.ulib.csuohio.edu\/eac\/?post_type=chapter&p=229"},"modified":"2026-05-08T13:34:29","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T13:34:29","slug":"earring-1916-116","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/pressbooks.ulib.csuohio.edu\/eac\/chapter\/earring-1916-116\/","title":{"rendered":"Earring 1916.116"},"content":{"raw":"

Gold Earring Collected from the Ottoman Empire<\/span><\/h1>\r\n

Earring\u00a01916.116<\/a><\/h1>\r\n\"A\r\n\r\nPhoto Credit: Evelyn Lee, 2026.\r\n
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Metadata<\/span><\/h2>\r\n<\/header>\r\n
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Creator<\/strong><\/h3>\r\nOnce Known Creator\r\n

Date<\/strong><\/h3>\r\nBefore 1916\r\n

Culture<\/strong><\/h3>\r\nTurkish\r\n

Medium<\/strong><\/h3>\r\nGold; Metalworking; Filigree, Granulation, Jewelry making, Coral, Turquoise, Blue Glass\r\n

Credit Line<\/strong><\/h3>\r\nGift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade\r\n

Description<\/strong><\/h3>\r\nThis Earring is a piece\u00a0<\/span><\/span>made\u00a0<\/span><\/span>with gold, turquoise, coral, and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>blue glass<\/span>. It was possibly\u00a0<\/span><\/span>purchased<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>by Ellen and Homer Wade on their Mediterranean trip in the 1910s in the Ottoman Empire, potentially in what is now\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Turkey. It was later<\/span> donated to the Cleveland Museum of Art in 1916 by Ellen Wade. The creator and date of creation are unknown, however.<\/span><\/span>\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n
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Fun Fact<\/span><\/h2>\r\n<\/header>\r\n
\r\n\r\nThe word turquois<\/em> comes from the 17th-century French word for \u201cTurkish\"\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\nStoryMap<\/strong>\r\nOpen in New Tab<\/a>\r\n\r\n[embed]https:\/\/uploads.knightlab.com\/storymapjs\/b0f4df02e57e2f41a6a9bae88ce0285e\/ottoman\/draft.html[\/embed]\r\n

About the Collector<\/h2>\r\nThis video talks about the collector of this earring, Ellen Wade<\/i>.\r\n\r\n[embed]https:\/\/youtu.be\/3L3pGie_zsA?si=7eQycajQVqqDLrp4[\/embed]\r\n\r\n \r\n

Page created by Evelyn Lee for HIS 455 \"Power, Knowledge & Gender\" at Cleveland State University, Spring 2026.<\/h3>\r\n \r\n\r\n ","rendered":"

Gold Earring Collected from the Ottoman Empire<\/span><\/h1>\n

Earring\u00a01916.116<\/a><\/h1>\n

\"A<\/p>\n

Photo Credit: Evelyn Lee, 2026.<\/p>\n

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Metadata<\/span><\/h2>\n<\/header>\n
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Creator<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Once Known Creator<\/p>\n

Date<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Before 1916<\/p>\n

Culture<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Turkish<\/p>\n

Medium<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Gold; Metalworking; Filigree, Granulation, Jewelry making, Coral, Turquoise, Blue Glass<\/p>\n

Credit Line<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade<\/p>\n

Description<\/strong><\/h3>\n

This Earring is a piece\u00a0<\/span><\/span>made\u00a0<\/span>with gold, turquoise, coral, and\u00a0<\/span>blue glass<\/span>. It was possibly\u00a0<\/span>purchased<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>by Ellen and Homer Wade on their Mediterranean trip in the 1910s in the Ottoman Empire, potentially in what is now\u00a0Turkey. It was later<\/span> donated to the Cleveland Museum of Art in 1916 by Ellen Wade. The creator and date of creation are unknown, however.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Fun Fact<\/span><\/h2>\n<\/header>\n
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The word turquois<\/em> comes from the 17th-century French word for \u201cTurkish”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

StoryMap<\/strong>
\nOpen in New Tab<\/a><\/p>\n