Vtg 1930s Art Deco Citrine Glass outlets Rose Flower Filigree Dangle Drop Earrings

Length 2 1/8"
Width 7/8"
Mark No mark
Material Brass, Glass
Weight 12 grams
Era 1930s

Why You'll Love It
Sunny shimmer. Set in airy filigree setting, the asscher-cut of glass has a bright canary shade of yellow on these Art Deco earrings. Tiny charming flowers follow form as well as function as they serve to both secure the stone and add floral detail. Made during the 1930s, their feminine silhouette dangles freely for lively movement that enhances their bright shimmer.

Condition and Quality
● Warm patina with some darkening to the setting. No dents.
● Fresh sheen, light surface wear, and no chipping on the glass.
● Secure, original screw backings.

Collector Note
On Symbolism In Jewelry. Symbolism in antique and vintage jewelry is common, yet it can be hard to spot if you don't know what you're looking for. Often, specific natural gemstones, flowers, birds, and motifs like stars and anchors were imbued with meanings that have fallen out outlets of present-day society's collective memory. To appreciate the power of symbols in antique jewelry is to imagine what it would have been like to wear the piece and step back into history.

On Victorian. A young Queen Victoria assumed her role in 1837 and her taste in jewelry quickly became culturally influential, within England and beyond. Her relationship to jewelry was enmeshed with her husband, Prince Albert, who gifted the Queen for their engagement, a snake ring, embedded with an emerald (her birthstone) in its head. Continuing from the Georgian era and intensified by Queen Victoria's taste, sentimental and figural jewelry was a major trend throughout the Victorian era. When certain ideas and words were deemed too forward or improper to be spoken, jewelry and symbolic meaning was used to communicate what was left unsaid.