Edwardian Natural Split Pearl & Peridot Drop Earrings

A pretty pair of 15ct62.5% pure gold (or 625 parts pure gold and 375 parts other metals). Popular during the Victorian, Edwardian and Art Deco eras but was discontinued in the mid-1930s. gold EdwardianJewellery made in the Edwardian era (1901-1914). split 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.  and peridotA variety of chrysolite. It is the gem of variety of olivine. The colour is generally a warm olive or yellowish green.
earrings. Gold hoops suspend four ruboverA secure type of setting in which the top edge of the collet (band of metal surrounding the stone) has been made flush around the edge of the gemstone. set split seed pearls and a larger round peridot finishes off each long drop.