Edwardian 15ct Gold & Platinum, Diamond & Pearl Drop Earrings

A pretty 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… and pearlNatural pearls are an organic gem formed inside live mollusc shells and come in all shapes and sizes. They are formed as the result of a natural irritant within the mollusc’s mantle and as a defence, layers of iridescent nacre form over the top of it, creating a pearl.  drop earrings. They were made circa 1900-1910 and are typical of the designs from that period. They also have screw back fittings which can be changed if required to post and scroll or wires. There is a ten pointA 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. diamond at the top of each earring, then rose diamonds set in to a leaf design terminating in an oval shaped pearl. They would be wonderful worn with a wedding dress.