18K Gold Victorian Torpedo Earrings, Antique French Provincial Earrings, Victorian Dangle Earrings, XIX century Jewelry mourning_locket 92gPeriod: late Victorian c

92gPeriod: late Victorian c

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Poissardes earrings are a fascinating and historically significant type of jewelry

5 cm lengthPlease note this listing is for the locket only

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18K Gold Victorian Torpedo Earrings, Antique French Provincial Earrings, Victorian Dangle Earrings, XIX century Jewelry mourning_locket 92gPeriod: late Victorian cThese 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