EARLY ANTIQUE GOLD ENAMEL BAROQUE PEARL GALLEON RENAISSANCE EARRINGS c1600's

Description

EARLY ANTIQUE GOLD ENAMEL BAROQUE PEARL GALLEON RENAISSANCE EARRINGS c1600's
A pair of early antique solid gold earrings, modelled as galleons, with gold wire masts & rigging, vitreous enamel decoration and baroque pearl highlights & drops.
The rigging is remarkably similar in appearance and construction to the galleon jewel in the Cheapside Hoard.
Quite an amazing and exceptionally rare pair of earrings...immensely collectible & still wearable too!
CONDITION
: Expected signs of wear, denting & loss commensurate with age and use - please see pictures. Lower carat wires old replacements. Gold orbs & some pearls old additions/replacements.
DATE/MARKS
: Probably 16/17th Century with later additions/alterations. Not marked.
DIMENSIONS
: Faces 34 x 28 mm (1 inch = 25.4 mm). To give an impression of scale, the coin is 19 mm or ¾ of an inch diameter.
WEIGHT
: Approx. 8.2 grams.
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