Antique Victorian Paste Earrings Silver, circa 1900

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...

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...

Antique rare Victorian 14K yellow gold 'leaf' earrings - hand made - each earring set with 20 natural seed pearls creating a delicate shimmering effect against the gold (40 total - c...

These absolutely knockout earrings are from the Victorian Era and feature a staggering 14 carats of old mine-cut diamonds in silver over gold starburst-shaped earrings. The top of th...

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...