18K Gold Victorian Torpedo Earrings, Antique French Provincial Earrings, Victorian Dangle Earrings, XIX century Jewelry antique_deco_ring The earrings have an old

The earrings have an old closure common in French earrings in which the hook loops through the back of the ear and attaches to a river at the top

but this is not visible when worn

Small in size but rich in details

Larger than a modern locket

With a small ruby paste stone set in a starburst setting and surrounded by a reed and cross hatch frame

18K Gold Victorian Torpedo Earrings, Antique French Provincial Earrings, Victorian Dangle Earrings, XIX century Jewelry antique_deco_ring The earrings have an oldThese beautiful regional earrings were common in the French provinces of Normandy, Auvergne, Provence, and Vendee in the 18th and 19th centuries. Made of stamped 18k Gold, very few survived to the present. Although they were once very common they were too expensive and difficult to repair, thus the vast majority have been broken, lost, or melted down to make new jewelry. Featuring long, hollow tassels with a concave face affixed to a lever back ball