Mid-Century Aquamarine Lever-back Earrings zodiac Turquoise & Old Cut Diamonds

Turquoise & Old Cut Diamonds

very similar to the example featured in Georgian Jewellery (Ginny Redington Dawes with Olivia Collins

while the back has carved with a banner and the year 1859

Beautifully made and perfectly matched

The thin band features twists of intricate engraved detail

Mid-Century Aquamarine Lever-back Earrings zodiac Turquoise & Old Cut DiamondsDATE: Mid Century, c. 1950 Stylish aquamarine lever back earrings dating from the 1950s. They're crafted in 9 karat gold, with an angled bezel around each of the collet set stones. Aquamarine is named after seawater (the Latin 'aqua' and 'marine'), on account of it's dreamy pale blue (sometimes sightly greeny) hue. Like emerald, it is a member of the beryl family of gemstones, and has been prized, since ancient times, by sailors and seafarers who