Ceylon Sapphire 18ct Gold & Platinum Earrings

A lovely pair of 18ct75% pure gold (or 750 parts pure gold and 250 parts other metals) gold and platinumDerives from the Spanish word ‘platina’ meaning ‘little silver’. Acknowledged since the 1900s, platinum’s durability and natural brightness has been and still is today highly treasured A metallic element prized for its rarity, whiteness, high tensile strength and insusceptibility to corrosion, platinum first became widely used in jewellery in the late ninete… edged earrings which have been millegraine-set with two oval well-matched Ceylonese sapphires. They are surrounded by white chalcedonyA microcrystalline type of quartz occurring in several different forms including onyx and agate. which has been engraved with a criss cross design. They are from the Art DecoA movement within the arts between the two Great Wars (1920-1935) across Europe and the US, characterized by its clean, geometric designs. The aesthetic was intended to celebrate an age of progress and the modernity of the machine. period, circa 1920-1930.