Circa 1830 Georgian Seed Pearl Earrings with Foiled Stones, Gold

Incredible circa 1830 micro seed pearl earrings with foiled stones "oil and Vinegar"

These wonderful earrings came from a set of jewelry. The rest of the pieces are shown in the final photo. This sale is for the earrings only. I am planning to make a necklace from the three central ovals using the original box clasp shown. The necklace currently is apart from the clasp, and I feel that it is too large and fragile as is. I may be making more earrings from the rest, but these have the original gold tops. My jeweler made the inverted V in 10k to connect the tops to the bottoms. I feel that they are now more sturdy and wearable, as well as long and elegant! The foiled stones have crisp facets and are likely quartz. They are foiled in a fascinating manner, with gold and pink color which I have seen referred to as "oil and vinegar". This type of foiled stone, as well as the tiny micro seed pearl jewelry in general, is quite scarce. The tiny beads were painstakingly hand sewn onto mother of pearl using horse hair. The earrings measure 2 1/2" by 7/8".