These 19th Century earrings are made from ormulu, a gilding technique in which a finely ground, high-carat gold–mercury amalgam is fuzed to an object. Each earrings is set with a carved rams head of a dark brown material, likely jet or bog oak.
The design of these rams is very similar to animals found on Etruscan art, and these heads therefore became a popular motif in Neo-Etruscan jewellery, and were for instance also used by famous Neo-Etruscan jewelers Pio Castellani and Carlo Giuliano.
GENERAL INFORMATION
Size: 18 x 18 mm.
Weight: Combined weight 4.30 grams.
Age: 19th Century, also known as the Georgian era, circa 1820s.
Material: Gilded fittings set with either jet or bog oak carvings.
Condition: In great antique condition, with only minor wear, consistent with their age.
Please note that the antique box is for display purposes.