{"product_id":"an-absolutely-fabulous-and-wonderfully-unusual-pair-of-antique-edwardian-era-drop-earrings-combining-warm-9ct-rose-gold-with-beautifully-elongated-caramel-brown-bakelite-torpedo-drops","title":"An absolutely fabulous and wonderfully unusual pair of antique Edwardian-era drop earrings, combining warm 9ct rose gold with beautifully elongated caramel-brown Bakelite torpedo drops.","description":"\u003cp\u003eRARE FIND | EDWARDIAN 9CT ROSE GOLD \u0026amp; CARAMEL BAKELITE TORPEDO EARRINGS.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAn absolutely fabulous and wonderfully unusual pair of antique Edwardian-era drop earrings, combining warm 9ct rose gold with beautifully elongated caramel-brown Bakelite torpedo drops.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEach earring features a long, elegantly tapered drop in a rich butterscotch\/caramel tone, suspended from a fine length of 9ct rose gold chain and finished with traditional 9ct rose gold shepherd’s hook fittings. The movement is gorgeous — the long drops gently sway when worn, giving them that wonderfully dramatic yet refined silhouette so associated with jewellery of the early 20th century.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEARLY BAKELITE\u003cbr\u003eBakelite was developed in 1907 by Leo Baekeland and became the first fully synthetic plastic. Its introduction opened an entirely new world for jewellery design, allowing makers to imitate the warm appearance of materials such as amber, horn and tortoiseshell while creating bold new forms and colours.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe beautiful caramel colouring of these drops has a wonderfully warm, almost amber-like appearance, with the softly aged surface adding enormously to their vintage character.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTHE TORPEDO DROP\u003cbr\u003eLong tapered or torpedo-shaped earrings were particularly fashionable around the late Victorian, Edwardian and Art Nouveau periods, when elongated earrings complemented the graceful lines and increasingly fluid fashions of the era. Examples can be found fashioned from jet, glass, rock crystal, horn and, as new materials emerged, early plastics.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhat makes this pair especially striking is their wonderful length — as the photographs show, they create an incredibly elegant statement when worn without feeling overly heavy or elaborate.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA beautiful marriage of early material innovation and classic antique gold jewellery — unusual, sophisticated and exceptionally wearable more than a century later.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMeasurements :Each earring with a drop of 5.8cm.Each of the bakelite drops measure 4.5cm x 9mm.The earrings with a combined weight of 5grams.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Expedition With Jones","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51615937265970,"sku":null,"price":1495.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0871\/2110\/1106\/files\/20260819-102118.jpg?v=1787207613","url":"https:\/\/expeditionwithjones.com\/products\/an-absolutely-fabulous-and-wonderfully-unusual-pair-of-antique-edwardian-era-drop-earrings-combining-warm-9ct-rose-gold-with-beautifully-elongated-caramel-brown-bakelite-torpedo-drops","provider":"Expedition With Jones","version":"1.0","type":"link"}