Early 20th Century 18ct Gold & Platinum, Two Stone Diamond Drop Dormeuse Earrings

A pretty and very useful pair of diamondA precious, lustrous gemstone made of highly compressed carbon. Diamonds are one of the hardest materials known to mankind. Colours of diamonds range from colourless, yellow, orange and brown to almost black. Natural coloured (or ‘fancy’) diamonds can be extremely rare. The cut, colour, clarity and carat weight of a diamond are the criteria jewellers use… earrings, made circa 1910, suitable for both day and evening wear. They are known as “dormeuse” earrings, French for  “sleeper”, meaning that you can sleep with them on. The larger clawA precious metal prong used to hold a gemstone in place. set diamonds are 30 pointsA unit of weight for a diamond, being one-hundredth of a metric carat. It is used for weights that are decimal fractions of a carat, and all figures after the second decimal point are, in the diamond and jewellery trade, generally discarded. each within pie crust settings. Above each diamond is a smaller diamond, also within a claw set pie crust setting. These earrings were either made in France or Belgium. They have secure hinge back fittings.