RIBBON LOOPS Rosette Cluster 18th Century "Ear Knots"

RIBBON LOOPS ROSETTE 18th Century Earrings, Gold & Pearls

Circa : mid 1700's; various reinforcements and repairs typical of age and use, including later (circa 1870?) hand-made front to back latching earwires

Gold tested by touchstone : approximately 8-10k; ear-wires 12-14k

Gross weight : .321 troy ounce the pair

Each earring approximately 1" diameter, in three concentric rings of flat gold wound in "ribbon" loups, the surfaces engraved in a pattern

# 97037 ng4 ...................................... $1,975.