Emerald And Pearl Drop Necklace period jewelry A literal bouquet of jewels

A literal bouquet of jewels

Centre Stone: Emerald

cameos were used on both brooches and rings

most likely from woman to woman

scalloped waves of 15k are interspersed with very fine “white gold” rippling (this was a fun trick of mixing yellow gold with palladium alloys used as a decorative element in early 19th c jewels at this time

Emerald And Pearl Drop Necklace period jewelry A literal bouquet of jewelsGorgeous and Gem Filled! This Emerald and Pearl drop Necklace is a wonderful example of 19th century renaissance revival. There are so many details to this necklace that speak to the reviving interest in jewels from the tudor era. The pearl drop detail at the bottom was a particular signature by Queen Elizabeth, and Queen Victoria often modeled herself in fashions reminiscent of Elizabeths. For the European nobility of the tudor era, art (and jewelry)