Wonderful handmade set of 18K gold earrings that look absolutely fabulous on the ear. The age of the earrings is circa1860 and they are from Pennsylvania. The earrings wires are replace with 14 karat gold wires with lever backs... They weigh only 3 grams in total, so they don't pull on the ear, despite their size. They are 2 1/8 inches tall including the ear wires and 3/4 of an inch wide. In excellent condition, the gold is unmarked, but tested and guaranteed 18K yellow gold.
Antique earrings from the Victorian era add a wonderful sense of history and romance to your jewelry wardrobe. Victorian earrings were typically made of yellow gold. Because of the Victorians' interest in archaeology, ancient Roman and Etruscan jewelry motifs were popular. Earrings are rare to fine from this time period because there were less made because not all women would have here earring pierced to wear earrings. Earring post and wire were the type of earring that was made at that time. This set of earring is an elegant work of art to be worn.