The funds of the Kursk State Regional Museum of Archaeology hold a fairly representative collection of women’s earrings belonging to the Late Middle Ages (16th–17th centuries) and the New Age (the 18th— early 20th centuries).
According to the Kursk historian Andrei Gennadievich Shpilev, there are basically three types of such jewelry. Earrings of the first type have the form of a ring with pendants made of beads and metal ornaments strung on a wire. Such a piece of jewelry was found during the study of the settlement Pereverzevo II in the Zolotukhinsky District of the Kursk region by the archaeologist Anna Ivanovna Puzikova in 1983. The earring is a silver wire ring that is 1.5 mm thick with open ends. One of the ends is coiled by a piece of wire with a conspicuous loop in the middle. The ornament was found in the fill of building No. 2, which existed in the 16th–17th centuries.
Earrings of the second type represent a ring with a solid plate of subtriangular or ornate shape attached to it, the panel of which in most cases is decorated with inlays of glass or stones. An example of such earrings was accidentally found near the village of Verhneye Gutorovo (Kursk district). The plate of the earring is white metal and has a subtriangular shape with eight slots for inserts, five loops for pendants can be seen along the bottom edge, and there is a ring eye at the top. The height of the ornament is 23 mm and its width is 19 mm. They were dated to around the 18th and 19th centuries.
Earrings of the third type have the form of a ring with a plate attached to it, in the middle of which a hole is made for a wire with a strung bead. The earring, found in the Kursk region and dated to the 18th–19th centuries is a prime example of the third type. The plate of the piece is bronze, rounded, and has a 4mm hole in the middle. The plate is decorated with dots around the hole; along the lower edge there are five loops for pendants (the pendants are not preserved), at the top there is an eye for a ring. The height of such an earring is 24 mm and its width is 20 mm. The ornament comes from the area of the Kursk region, and the exact location of the find is unknown. It is worth noting that all three types of earrings were common among the Russian population of the European part of Russia in the 17th — early 20th century.
According to the Kursk historian Andrei Gennadievich Shpilev, there are basically three types of such jewelry. Earrings of the first type have the form of a ring with pendants made of beads and metal ornaments strung on a wire. Such a piece of jewelry was found during the study of the settlement Pereverzevo II in the Zolotukhinsky District of the Kursk region by the archaeologist Anna Ivanovna Puzikova in 1983. The earring is a silver wire ring that is 1.5 mm thick with open ends. One of the ends is coiled by a piece of wire with a conspicuous loop in the middle. The ornament was found in the fill of building No. 2, which existed in the 16th–17th centuries.
Earrings of the second type represent a ring with a solid plate of subtriangular or ornate shape attached to it, the panel of which in most cases is decorated with inlays of glass or stones. An example of such earrings was accidentally found near the village of Verhneye Gutorovo (Kursk district). The plate of the earring is white metal and has a subtriangular shape with eight slots for inserts, five loops for pendants can be seen along the bottom edge, and there is a ring eye at the top. The height of the ornament is 23 mm and its width is 19 mm. They were dated to around the 18th and 19th centuries.
Earrings of the third type have the form of a ring with a plate attached to it, in the middle of which a hole is made for a wire with a strung bead. The earring, found in the Kursk region and dated to the 18th–19th centuries is a prime example of the third type. The plate of the piece is bronze, rounded, and has a 4mm hole in the middle. The plate is decorated with dots around the hole; along the lower edge there are five loops for pendants (the pendants are not preserved), at the top there is an eye for a ring. The height of such an earring is 24 mm and its width is 20 mm. The ornament comes from the area of the Kursk region, and the exact location of the find is unknown. It is worth noting that all three types of earrings were common among the Russian population of the European part of Russia in the 17th — early 20th century.
