A pair or Regency colourless paste drop earrings, each earring set with three graduated, cushion shape faceted pastes set in silver cut-down collets with gold shepherds hook fittings, circa 1815, measuring 4 x 1.1 cm, gross weight 8.4 grams.
This antique pair of paste earrings is very good condition for is age. Unmarked, tested as silver and 18ct gold.
Paste is a type of refractive cut glass that was used in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries to emulate the look of cut diamonds. These stunning drop earrings each feature three paste ‘stones’, each of which would have been hand-cut and polished, set in typically Georgian ‘cut down...
Category
Early 19th Century English Antique Regency Earrings
Materials18k Gold, Silver