ETRUSCAN REVIVAL 1880 VICTORIAN LONG EARRINGS IN 18 KT GOLD WITH VULCANITE

LONG ETRUSCAN REVIVAL DROP EARRINGS. 

AN UNUSUAL GEOMETRICS PAIR OF ETRUSCAN REVIVAL LONG DROP EARRINGS, FROM THE VICTORIAN ERA (1840-1901). MADE AROUND THE 1880 IN THE UNITED KINGDOM.

EACH EARRING IS COMPOSED BY 4 ELEMENTS, INDIVIDUALLY CARVED FROM VULCANITE, ATTACHED TOGETHER BY DISCRETE GOLD LINKS. SOME PARTS OF THE SUEFACES ARE EMBELLISHED WITH INCRUSTATIONS OF GOLD PIECES, CREAFTED IN 18 KARATS OF ROSY YELLOW GOLD WITH ANCIENT PATTERNS.

SUITED WITH POSTS FOR PIERCED EARS AND BUTTERFLY BACKS.

HAVE A TOTAL WEIGHT OF 6.4 Grams AND A MEASURES OF 63 mm (2.5 Inches) BY 15 mm (0.60 Inch).

IN 1839, CHARLES GOODYEAR WAS CREDITED WITH DISCOVERING VULCANITE, A MATERIAL MADE FROM HARDENED RUBBER THAT, DURING THE LATE-GEORGIAN/EARLY-VICTORIAN PERIOD, WAS OCCASIONALLY USED IN JEWELRY SUCH AS IN THESE ESPRESSO COLORED, COLLECTABLE DROP EARRINGS. WAS NOT UNTIL CHARLES GOODYEAR PATENTED THE VULCANIZATION PROCESS IN AMERICA IN 1844 AND THOMAS HANCOCK DID THE SAME IN ENGLAND, THAT JEWELRY PRODUCTION WITH A RUBBER COMPOSITION WAS POSSIBLE. VULCANIZATION IS A HIGH HEAT PROCESS THAT ADDS SULPHUR TO THE MIX AND RENDERS THE RESULT MORE DURABLE THAN RUBBER OR PLASTIC ALONE.

THEY ARE IN PERFECT CONDITION.

INVENTORY REF: E0000XINN/.1538