18K Gold Victorian Torpedo Earrings, Antique French Provincial Earrings, Victorian Dangle Earrings, XIX century Jewelry mourning_locket 7 cm top to bottomPlease

7 cm top to bottomPlease note this listing is for the locket only

It was originally vermeil

It has been hallmarked with a boar's head which guarantees at least 800 silver purity by the Paris assay office

also available on the site

They were likely a much-beloved piece of jewelry which are now ready for a new home

18K Gold Victorian Torpedo Earrings, Antique French Provincial Earrings, Victorian Dangle Earrings, XIX century Jewelry mourning_locket 7 cm top to bottomPleaseThese 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