Regency 15ct Gold Natural Pearl & Foiled Amethyst Drop Earrings

A lovely 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 drop earrings. They have natural pearlA pearl-bearing mollusc that has not been tampered with by man to produce a cultivated pearl will produce a ‘natural pearl’. tops with pear shaped drops set with foiled pale amethysts. The whole effect is very pretty. They were made circa 1820-1830.