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A sheer joy to behold
Each diamond is set into a rub-over silver with a ribbed or crimped edge
Exquisite Georgian Cannitille Torpedo Earrings lizards Other associations include fertilityDuring the 1830s the preferred shape for earrings was an elongated teardrop or torpedo form. Hair was coiffed into a more horizontal profile and dresses expanded outwardly as well. Because of the extreme length, earrings needed to be light in weight in order to be worn comfortably. As a result, jewelers of the time used thin sheets of gold to create long torpedo shaped pendants heavily embossed with repouss? and cannetille work. Exquisitely crafted,
