Gold Plated and Faux Garnet Screw Back Drop Earrings circa 1920s

Gem-Craft signed Craft gold plated dome clip on earrings, decorated with mini gold domes, and featuring lovely black and burnt orange glass stones. Measuring diameter 3.35 cm / 1.3 i...

Austrian crystal gold plated oval clip on earrings. The beautiful crystals have a lovely filigree setting. Measuring length 3 cm / 1.1 inches by width 2.4 cm / .9 inch. These are s...

Elegant 18 karat gold repoussé scrolling and articulated earrings from early 19th Century. The design reminds me of the lyre harp and set with beautiful faceted garnets. Which have different cut styles - oval, round and teardrop cuts and the gold around the garnets has a mille griffe design. The earrings showcase 18 garnets bezel set in this lovely mille griffe design. These types of earrings were typical of the romantic era of the Georgians and Victorians. During the Grand Tour in 18th century, the lyre is a popular symbol in antique jewelry and refers to music and 'heavenly' love. It was seen as an attribute of Apollo, the god of music, poetry and dance of the Ancient Greeks. The earrings are for pierced ears and the ear hook goes backwards through the ear and closes on top of the earrings. For this type of repoussé earring...

Vintage from the 19th century Materials: Stone Gemstone: Garnet Location: Earlobe Closure: Screw back Style: Mid-century Antique Victorian Etruscan Revival Earrings. 10k Yellow Gold Screw Back Unpierced earrings...