Antique Georgian Drop Earrings Silver Purple Paste, circa 1800

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...

A magnificent pair of Georgian diamond drop earrings c.1800, each earring set to the top with an old European brilliant cut diamond in a...

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...

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 ...

A spectacular pair of antique drop earrings made in France in the late 19th Century. Each earring is made up of three ornate sections decorated with an array of sparkling paste stone...

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...