19th Century French Paste Day & Night Earrings memento mori Old mine cut Diamonds

Old mine cut Diamonds

Tests as 15k gold

and dates from the early 19th Century

DATE: Regency Period

circa 1820

19th Century French Paste Day & Night Earrings memento mori Old mine cut DiamondsDATE: 19th Century, c. 1820 An exceptional pair of Georgian Day & Night earrings set with what are probably the finest paste gemstones I've ever seen. They're cushion cuts, and extremely clean and bright; each earring has a central graduated row with two further stones in the articulated drop, all accented by further clusters of tiny stones. The tops can be detached for wear on their own (day) or worn together as more elaborate pieces (night). They