Pendant Maker: Ronald Hayes Pearson (American, 1924–1996)

ca. 1955

American Decorative Arts

On view, 3rd floor, Modern and Contemporary Art and Design
Medium

Sterling silver and plique-à-jour enamel

Dimensions

3 × 1 in. (7.62 × 2.54 cm)

Credit Line

Gift of Jane and Arthur Mason in memory of George Zachary Mason, M.F. 1911

Accession Number

2008.176.1

Geography

Made in Rochester, New York

Culture

American

Period

20th century

Classification

Jewelry

Disclaimer

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Provenance
Ronald Hayes Pearson, Deer Isle, Maine, by sale 1987 to Jane and Arthur Mason, Washington, D.C.
Bibliography
  • American Art: Selections from the Yale University Art Gallery (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 2023), 262–63, no. 128, ill
  • John Stuart Gordon, American Glass: The Collections at Yale (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 2018), 255, no. 132
  • "Acquisitions 2009," in "State of the Art: Contemporary Sculpture," special issue, Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin (2009), 131
  • Art for Yale: Collecting for a New Century, exh. cat. (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 2007), 113, 371, pl. 102
Object copyright
Not Assigned
Additional information

Object/Work type

pendants (jewelry)

Marks

Stamped incuse on the reverse at the top of the lower element: "PEARSON/STERLING"

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