A Fashionista's Dream - Long Piqué Earrings
Sure to garner glances of envy, these fashionable and very long and lean antique Victorian earrings are all original and remain in excellent condition. Fantastic silver piqué detailing carries patterns reminiscent of 18th century motifs of baskets with trailing vines and flowers in a luxuriously length of natural tortoiseshell.
With a matching tortoiseshell orb acting as surmount, these eye-catching pendants measuring 3-7/8 inches (9.6 cm) in length including a yellow gold ear wire over ¼ of an inch (0.8 cm) and the 3/8 of an inch (1 cm) in diameter orb. The pair weighs 17.1 grams and has slight very faint mottling only on the back. Breathtaking and dating to circa 1860. Light on the ear and fashion forward they are so modern in overall form its hard to believe they weren't created for Fashion Week.
Antique piqué jewelry showcases a lost decorative art of inserting metal into a medium to form designs. For in-depth information please see our "Reference Section" under "Helpful Terms".
