Georgian Black Dot Paste Earrings etui A cool antique navette signet

A cool antique navette signet ring with a single sardonyx panel set into the head

crafted in base metal

The gaps created by the latter are filled by diamonds - a clever design allowing for both the mesmerising opal colour-bombs

Once the inlay is complete

Georgian Black Dot Paste Earrings etui A cool antique navette signetDATE: Georgian, c. 1790 A fantastic pair of antique black dot paste earrings dating from the Georgian period, circa 1790. The domed paste gemstones are foil backed to enhance their brightness, and remain full life to this day. The stones rest in silver "pie crust" settings, with later added gold wires. The black dot in the middle of the stone has been painted on to replicate the open culet found on old cut diamonds (prior to the invention of the