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C1880 Pique Pose Earrings in a Long Pyramid w/ Inlaid gold behive pattern
$1,750
£1,319.51
€1,520.55
CA$2,427.72
A$2,720.25
CHF 1,415.99
MX$33,278.08
NOK 17,973.42
SEK 16,975.68
DKK 11,351.21
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Charming prism Victorian pique earrings with round tops long prism shaped bottoms and inlaid on 2 sides with gold flowers and beehive decoration.
Pique jewelry was a uniquely Victorian craft, and its origin lies with the French Huguenots in the sixteenth century who developed the craft and made beautiful objects from tortoiseshell. Following the revocation of the Edict of Nantes in 1685, the French Huguenots were banished from France so they moved their families to Europe and America where they were much valued for their considerable skills.
Pique involves steaming and piecing fine sheets of tortoiseshell into exquisitely translucent objects and inlaid with patterns and designs the size of pinheads. And this is what gives the technique its name, pique, meaning "to pierce".
Pique artisans were perfectionists and only used the hawksbill tortoise and a few other varieties in their jewelry and objects.
The earrings are 2.5 inches tall and about ½" at their widest point.
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