Edwardian Platinum, Pear Shaped Diamond Drop Earrings

A stunning and totally original pair of 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… earrings set with a pear shaped 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… in each one. They were made circa 1910-1920 and are in excellent condition. The diamonds are all well matched white stones. There is fine detail throughout with millgrain decoration. This is achieved by using a knurling tool that has created raised beads around the edges of the diamonds.