Victorian Banded Agate Earrings art nouveau and indeed seal them closed

and indeed seal them closed with their own personal intaglio like this one (perhaps a family crest or monogram

from which the people rekindled their hearth fires and began feasting

the stone resting in dish-back settings over a layer of metal foil to enhance their colour and brightness

The Victorians loved the past

Victorian Banded Agate Earrings art nouveau and indeed seal them closedCharming antique earrings featuring cuboids of cut banded agate capped in gold and hanging from short lengths of chain. They date from the 1890s, but have a decidedly more modern feel. Era: Victorian, circa 1890 Size: 4. 0cm by 0. 5cm Stone: Banded Agate Marks: None, tested as 9ct gold Condition: Good antique condition; light wear consistent with age including a couple of small chips to the stone see images