Art Deco Emerald Paste Plati-non Solitaire Earrings ancient with a couple of small

with a couple of small areas worn - most notably the "spine" of the book

heart padlock clasp

It remains in great condition for the age

Easily polished out

circa 1830

Art Deco Emerald Paste Plati-non Solitaire Earrings ancient with a couple of smallDATE: Art Deco, c. 1920 Bold colour and exceptionally brilliant paste gems are the focal point of these striking Art Deco solitaire earrings. By the 1920s the fashioning of coloured paste gemstones from a special composition of leaded glass had really hit its peak. The from the velvety blues of Ceylon and Kashmir sapphires to pigeon blood rubies and, like these, Colombian emeralds, the colours, fire, and brilliance of natural gemstones were simulated