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Onyx and Black Enamel Pendant Earrings

$7,500
Composed of onyx, enamel and 14K gold, these antique pendant earrings were created around 1870. Each is designed as an onyx bar suspending a cascade of flexibly-set sphere, black enamel oval element and three tapering onyx drops with shaped enamel caps, accented by applied beads. Freely moving and magically lightweight, these fabulous antique earrings are delightfully intricate and beautiful.

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Item #: ER-21022
Circa: 1870
Dimensions: 2.75" length x 0.75" width
Materials: Onyx; Black Enamel; 14K Gold

Earrings and necklaces with elongated torpedo shape drops referenced Etruscan and Greek forms that had been imaginatively enlarged and reinterpreted by French and Italian Archaeological Revival jewelers such as Fontenay and Castellani.
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