French Jet Statement Drop Earrings italian 5 cms deep

5 cms deep

It is a semiprecious gem called prehnite

The combination of the pearl set in 18 ct gold with a clear resin band meant that it was affordable as well as simple and elegant

56 x 71 cm

French Jet Statement Drop Earrings italian 5 cms deepThese French Jet earrings were purchased as the last known made by an elderly maker decades ago in the former Czechoslovakia. They are set (soldered and fused) with hand cut glass stones over 100 years old in traditional mounts used by his family from the the late 1800s 1930s. French jet jewellery was made from shiny black glass, which was cut and backed, with black coated steel early last century when Whitby jet (an organic rock from coal) was