Antique Georgian Cushion Cut Paste Earrings

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...

Lovers of Georgian paste rejoice as never before have you seen original pink paste earrings in this grand size. The stones are approximately 10 cts in size. Note the backs and how beautifully they are engraved while silver set and foiled. A rich deep pink is the most sought after color and exactly the color of these rarities. The shepherd hook earwires have been added. All paste earrings began their journey as buttons, decorations sewn into Georgian gowns...

This is the finest example of a French Provincial Snowflake Wedding Cross I have seen, and I have seen many. At its finest, antique paste jewelry...

Superb quality earrings designed with the flourish of garlands, have been made of foiled pastes in the manner of Georgian and Victorian earrings. From the...

All the workmanship and design of fine Georgian paste is apparent in these brilliant earrings. Paste was an art form in which stones, harder than glass, were hand cut, polished and s...

Equestrians love jewelry associated with horses and these small light earrings in the form of a horseshoe and riding crop were made for the sports enthusiasts.. They were created c. ...

An Antique Georgian c.1800 cushion and round cut Paste cluster earrings for pierced ears. The foil backed paste in close back solid silver setting with a...

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 ...

Attractive paste earrings from the late 19th Century set in sterling silver. A strip of etched gilt metal runs between the pastes. Screw back fittings. France 1890's made in an earli...

Antique 14k earrings in art novo style with 2 cushion cut diamond i colour yellow vs clearity diameter 4.56mm estimate total weight 1 carat earri...

Amazing Georgian paste earrings in the most extraordinary shade of lime green from the early 19th Century. Set in a scalloped 14k gold setting around each stone. Georgian earrings of this quality, scale and color are so incredibly rare. The faceting is exquisite. This pair unfortunately is not perfect. There is a little sliver of glass missing from the top point edge of one of the ear pendants. It is not very noticeable when worn but is visible when closely examined. There is also a chip on oval stone of same earring. The surreal color of the lime green glass paste probably has much to do with the minerals used its manufacture. These are minerals which are obviously no longer used so this color is not replicable. The original fittings have been changed to clips later on. In addition, these come from the collection of actress Lillian Gish...

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