Paste Earrings Long Silver

Art Deco sterling silver paste and faux pearl long drop earrings. Clip back fittings set in 835 grade silver. 1920's European. L 2.25", pearl 10mm, pearl l8 mm

Antique paste articulated earrings are set in sterling silver from the late 19th Century. The pastes on the cluster drop are set into crown settings and ...

This is a spectacular Edwardian period c.1900 Diamond paste (glass) drop earrings in solid Silver mount with a gold hooks. The earrings made in Georgian style. Total drop including h...

Lovely, long Victorian Paste Earrings set in sterling silver, closed back settings with elaborate, articulated Baroque design. France 1880's....

Black dot paste are set in a silver snowflake pattern that sway from your ears in these Georgian earrings. The ear wires are gold. Paste was an art form that dated back to the ancient veneration of glass. It was not an imitation jewel. The paste stones were well faceted and placed in closed back settings that had a thin bit of foil under the stone to capture the light of candles or available daylight. In the Georgian and Victorian periods, royalty had their own paste makers who were so prized that they kept their formulas secret. Napoleon gifted Josephine with a paste parure...

Lovely, long Victorian Articulated Paste Earrings set in sterling with unusually large crystal marquise shaped stones in each pendant. Pierced f...