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Neapolitan coral and diamonds earrings. Beautiful and colorful contemporary pieces, crafted in the portuary city of Napoles, Italy in solid yellow gold of 18 karats with high polished finish. These convertible earrings has been designed with a navette almond quilted shape similar to a cushion. Fitted at the reverse with retractables posts, for pierced or non pierced ears and comfortable French omega backs for fastening clips. Diamonds: Mounted in bezel settings, with 18 round brilliant cuts diamonds, 0.54 carats, white colorless F color, VS-2 clarity. Gemstones: Mounted in a quilted pattern, with 32 fancy cut pieces, carved from natural vivid red coral from the deep oxblood variety. Weight: 20.2 Grams, (12.95 Dwt). Measurements: 25.2 mm by 13.2 mm (1.0 x 0.55 Inches). Hallmarks: Stamped with the maker's mark, the Italian gold assay mark and signed, "ORO TREND ITALY .750". Note: The corals displayed in these earrings, are magnificent ox-blood, matched in size, color, saturation and with even unspotted surfaces. Red coral, or Corallium rubrum, is a branch-forming coral species found in the Mediterranean Sea and is the most valuable of all precious corals. Lakshmi coral, also known as triangular coral, is the best shape of coral stone. This triangular red coral gem is believed to be ruled by Goddess Lakshmi, the goddess of wealth. Neapolitan coral, started to be fished extensively and worked in Torre del Greco, in the year 1400, at the time when Livorno held the monopoly on the raw coral. Besides its apotropaic virtues, people started to associate coral to the marvelous capacity of the material to be processed and to the great skills of the artisans, comparable to that of an alchemist or demiurge. Thanks to the Bourbons, in 1715 the town of Torre del Greco became one of the most important centers in the processing and carving of coral. The king supported the development of craftsmanship by reducing the tax on imported raw coral, though he couldn’t start a factory in the town because of the boom of the French Revolution and of the eruption of Vesuvius in 1794. Ferdinando IV of Bourbon founded the first factory for the manufacturing of coral in Torre del Greco. At the time, the production of sacred objects was replaced by the creation of ornaments and everyday objects, like combs, clips and paper knives...

These earrings were designed by Oro Trend of Italy. The 18 karat white gold teardrop shaped earrings are set with Diamonds, Blue Topaz and Black Onyx...