Victorian Etruscan Revival Salmon Coral Drop Earrings

in 18k Gold

$ 1,850.00 

* * SOLD * *

Poor Mouchette | Curated Antique Jewelry, Vintage Jewelry & Engagement Rings | Portland, Oregon | A pair of chubby, salmon-colored, natural coral teardrops, capped with ornate, five-claw mounts. These claws are extra-long and slender— they are decorated with fine twisted wirework and precisely-graduated balls of granulation. A gold ring connects these clawed toppers to a pair of handmade shepherd's hook ear wires.
Poor Mouchette | Curated Antique Jewelry, Vintage Jewelry & Engagement Rings | Portland, Oregon | A pair of chubby, salmon-colored, natural coral teardrops, capped with ornate, five-claw mounts. These claws are extra-long and slender— they are decorated with fine twisted wirework and precisely-graduated balls of granulation. A gold ring connects these clawed toppers to a pair of handmade shepherd's hook ear wires.
Poor Mouchette | Curated Antique Jewelry, Vintage Jewelry & Engagement Rings | Portland, Oregon | A pair of chubby, salmon-colored, natural coral teardrops, capped with ornate, five-claw mounts. These claws are extra-long and slender— they are decorated with fine twisted wirework and precisely-graduated balls of granulation. A gold ring connects these clawed toppers to a pair of handmade shepherd's hook ear wires.

A pair of chubby, salmon-colored, natural coral teardrops, capped with ornate, five-claw mounts. These claws are extra-long and slender. They are decorated with fine twisted wirework, and precisely-graduated balls of granulation. A gold ring connects the clawed toppers to a pair of handmade shepherd's hook ear wires. These easy-wearing earrings boast clean lines and special details that reveal themselves only upon closer inspection. 

These drops date to the Victorian era. The earwires have been newly hand made, in period appropriate fashion.

Materials

18k gold
Coral

Age

c. 1900

Dimensions

Total drop (including ear wires) measures approx 1 9/16"; coral drops (including toppers) measure approx 11 x 22.7 mm

Poor Mouchette | Curated Antique Jewelry, Vintage Jewelry & Engagement Rings | Portland, Oregon | A pair of chubby, salmon-colored, natural coral teardrops, capped with ornate, five-claw mounts. These claws are extra-long and slender— they are decorated with fine twisted wirework and precisely-graduated balls of granulation. A gold ring connects these clawed toppers to a pair of handmade shepherd's hook ear wires.
Poor Mouchette | Curated Antique Jewelry, Vintage Jewelry & Engagement Rings | Portland, Oregon | A pair of chubby, salmon-colored, natural coral teardrops, capped with ornate, five-claw mounts. These claws are extra-long and slender— they are decorated with fine twisted wirework and precisely-graduated balls of granulation. A gold ring connects these clawed toppers to a pair of handmade shepherd's hook ear wires.
Poor Mouchette | Curated Antique Jewelry, Vintage Jewelry & Engagement Rings | Portland, Oregon | A pair of chubby, salmon-colored, natural coral teardrops, capped with ornate, five-claw mounts. These claws are extra-long and slender— they are decorated with fine twisted wirework and precisely-graduated balls of granulation. A gold ring connects these clawed toppers to a pair of handmade shepherd's hook ear wires.