Egyptian Revival Earrings

Christian Dior Vintage 1980s Large Interlock Knot Matte Glow Clip Earrings, Gold Tone Very excellent condition. 100% Genuine. A very beautiful pair of earrings by Chr. DIOR, signed...

Egyptian revival earrings designed by Carl Bacher. Exceptional pair of drop earrings, created in Vienna Austria at the jewelry atelier of Carl Bacher, back in the late 19th century. These fantastic pair has been crafted around the 1870 in the fashion style of the Egyptian Revival in solid yellow gold of 18 karats and embellishments of colorful enamels; such blue, white, turquoise and red. These earrings were designed in the shape of a crowned pharaoh with nemes headdresses and column from the hypostyle saloon, they are fitted on top with French hooks for pierced ears. The initial Egyptian Revival period flourished from the 1820s onward, and was inspired by ancient Egyptian imagery, such as the scarab beetle, sphinxes, pharaohs, and hieroglyphics. Pieces made by Carl Bacher from this period and style are extremely rare, museum pieces and highly collectable. Nemes This were pieces of striped head cloth worn by pharaohs in ancient Egypt. It covered the whole crown and behind of the head and nape of the neck (sometimes also extending a little way down the back) and had lappets, two large flaps which hung down behind the ears and in front of both shoulders. It was sometimes combined with the double crown, as it is on the statues of Ramesses II at Abu Simbel. The earliest depiction of the nemes, along with a uraeus, is the ivory label of Den from the 1st Dynasty...

Vintage Metropolitan Museum of Art snake brass post earrings - so you must have pierced ears. They are marked MMA and have what look like Egyptian characters.

An Egyptian revival dangle drop earrings. Fantastic pair of dangle drop earrings, created in Roma Italy during the Papal States period, back in the 1850. This pair is really incredible detailed and was carefully crafted with Egyptian revival patterns, in solid rich yellow gold of 18 karats. It is embellished with several panels decorated with intricate micro mosaics. Accented with patterns of dots and twisted tiny wires, geometrically placed. Fitted with French hooks for pierced ears. The micro mosaic panels are Italian also, surely created in Venice during the same period from more than 800 microscopic pieces, carved from natural stones, such as; blue lapis lazuli, red jasper, black onyx, green malachite, black onyx, lava, creme nacre and 24k gold. This is piece of art, composed by elements from several artistic movements, carefully mixed together during the grand tour era, such the Victorian, the Etruscan and the Egyptian revivals. Weight: 14.75 Grams, (9.46 Dwt). Measurements: 66 mm by 20 mm (2.61 x 0.79 Inches). Resultado de imagen para vatican roma gold hallmarks Hallmarks: Stamped with the old Papal States assay marks for the 18kt gold. One time with the Crossed Keys and a Cardinal Capello inside a triangle and one time with the maker's lozenge cartouche with the number 16 for the Roman identification goldsmith. History of the Hallmark: The first statutes of the guild of Roman goldsmiths date back to 1358, in which was stated the rule of the warranty punch. The University of Goldsmiths was founded in 1508 and the statutes approved the following year introduced the use of the master's mark in addition to the previous guarantee mark. In 1738, with the reform of the Statutes of Goldsmiths, the guild acquired the name of "Nobil Collegio degli Orefici ed Argentieri di Roma" (Noble College of Goldsmiths and silversmiths of Rome). The warranty mark used prior to the French invasion was a series of "crossed keys of St. Peter under a liturgical umbrella" enclosed into shields, ovals or other geometric shapes. Note: It was in 1870, the conquest of Rome marked the end of Stato Pontificio...

Egyptian revival scarab beetles suite. Very rare suite, created in England during the Victorian period, back in the 1870. Carefully crafted with Egyptian revival patterns in yellow ...

A pair of antique Louis Comfort Tiffany Favrile glass scarabs are featured in these dramatic drop earrings. The beautifully detail...

22 Karat Gold Earrings are better than any 14 karat gold you might find. These unique “Ankh” earrings represent the Ancient Egypt symbol. Ankh represen...

Early 20th Century Egyptian Revival Gold and Silver Diamond and Emerald Earrings. Earrings measure 1 1/8" x 1/2" nice work in good...

Our C1870 gold filled drop earrings were crafted following the newly discovered ancient works of art at Pompeii and Herculaneum. The influence of the discovery of the archeological s...

Avant-garde brass mother of pearl dragon design clip-on earrings c 1960 The unique mid-century clip-on earrings are designed with a pair of styl...

An exceptionally beautiful pair of vintage 18 karat yellow gold scarab earrings. They are dangly drop earrings, the bottom modelled as a scarab b...

These fabulously oversized dangle earrings by Gem-Craft are reminiscent of Moroccan lanterns. The antiqued gold tone filigree metal orbs are decorated with cabochon decorations in red and royal blue with a surprise emerald green stone on the bottom. Gem-Craft was owned by Gene Verri...