Large, but with Ease

Elegant Victorian Earrings in Reddish Gold, England Circa 1870


€ 1,190.00 *
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Elegant Victorian Earrings in Reddish Gold, England Circa 1870
Elegant Victorian Earrings in Reddish Gold, England Circa 1870
Description
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These earrings from Great Britain impress with their size. A large, diamond-shaped element is suspended beneath the delicate earwires, which end in a sphere and feature an embossed ornament of arches along the edges. Large, faceted-looking crescents finish off the creation at the bottom. The impressive size of the earrings corresponds to the fashion of the years around 1870. The earrings should also be bright gold and as long as possible during the day. As the hair was curled into corkscrew curls and gathered at the nape of the neck, the earlobes adorned in this way were also shown to their best advantage. In the 1880s and 1890s, on the other hand, it was suddenly considered indelicate to wear long and eye-catching earrings during the day and the earrings that had just been fashionable ended up at the back of the jewellery box. A contemporary catalogue from the London company Streeter from 1870 shows the variety of shapes in which such pieces were created at the time, see also online here. It is also thanks to this change in fashion that these earrings have survived so well. As earrings from around 1870 were often very long, they were usually made hollow. This pair is therefore extremely light and comfortable to wear despite its length of more than six centimetres. They are now waiting for a second life with us.
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Elegant Victorian Earrings in Reddish Gold, England Circa 1870
Large, but with Ease
€ 1,190.00 *
Content 1 piece
Incl. VAT, Shipping
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