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Impressive Coral Earrings with Gold Settings, Probably Italy, c. 1875

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Impressive Coral Earrings with Gold Settings, Probably Italy, c. 1875

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If corals could speak, they would probably speak Italian. This is because the vast majority of corals that we find in antique jewelry come from the Bay of Naples. There, in the small town of Torre del Greco, the center of coral processing for the entire Mediterranean region has been established since around 1805. The coral carvers reacted to the most diverse fashions, as these also changed rapidly in the 19th century. While only very small earrings were fashionable in the 1840s because the ears were covered by elaborate hairstyles and side braids fashioned as garlands, the long ear pendant came into fashion in the middle of the 19th century. Now the hair was pinned up and the view of the ear was unobstructed. This pair of earrings, which came to us here in Berlin, dates from around 1875 and delighted us with its particularly beautiful coral drops. We see wonderful, salmon-red corals in uniform colors. The smooth-cut buttons of the tops have a diameter of around 8.0 mm and the pendants are more than 18.0 mm long. In total, the earrings swing around 4.2 centimetres from the ear! Settings made from 14-karat yellow gold hold the corals and elegantly curved hoops make them easy to wear. Throughout the 19th century, cut corals from the Mediterranean were also very fashionable north of the Alps. At least one extended trip to Italy in a lifetime was part and parcel of the bourgeoisie and aristocracy of the time and it was not uncommon for travelers to bring coral jewelry back home with them. What made coral so attractive in those years was that it could also be worn by young ladies as daytime jewelry - unlike diamonds, for example, which were only considered socially appropriate in the evening and for married women. The pair impresses with its warm colors and the decorative flexibility with which they frame the face. They enrich even gray days with a certain Italianità!

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€ 1,190.00 ^*

Content 1 piece

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