19th century Iberian paste/diamond silver dove wedding/engagement earrings

Description

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Vintage from the 19th century
Length: 3 Inches; Width: 1 Inches
Materials: Silver
Location: Earlobe
Description
I purchased this beautiful pair of 19th century (Victorian Era) earrings from a lovely lady in France who told me they were most likely wedding earrings or engagement earrings from the Iberian Peninsula; probably from Spain. They are really quite lovely - with the two love birds (turtle doves) kissing in the middle of drop, celebrating their union of ever-lasting love. They are "pendant" earrings and have 5 separate sections, resembling chandeliers. There are a number of "stones" throughout the earrings - most of them test as glass/paste on my Presidium tester. It was quite common to use glass paste to mimic diamonds in the Georgian and Victorian times - however, a couple of the stones do test as diamonds as well but most of the "stones" are paste.
They are in very good original condition and even have their original back to front gold ear wires as well.
MATERIALS:
Silver
paste chips (mostly)
diamond chips (a couple)
original back to front Gold hooks
MEASUREMENTS:
From the top of the gold wire to the end of the bottom drop they measure 3 inches in length
at the widest part they measure 1 inch across
CONDITION:
Very good condition
They have their original back to front ear wires as well.
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