A pair of antique natural shell earrings, with orb tops and long pyramidal drops engraved with floral decoration and inlaid with gold faced piqué decoration.
Such a lovely Victorian pair...so collectible & extremely wearable!
CONDITION: Generally good. Slight signs of wear commensurate with age and use. Some inlay loss and abrasions/small chips to shell - see pictures. Wires old replacements.
DATE/MARKS: Around 1870. Not marked.
DIMENSIONS: 58 mm long overall, excl. wires (1 inch = 25.4 mm). To give an impression of scale, the coin is 19 mm or ¾ of an inch diameter.