Queen Anne magenta pink paste earrings

‘Queen Anne’ paste earrings, circa 1760. ‘Queen Anne’ is a jewellery trade misnomer, as Queen Anne died in 1714. As M.D.S. Lewis points out in ‘Antique Paste Jewellery’ : this style of jewellery took Paris by storm around 1730 to 1740. It is virtually certain that no such pieces existed in France or England before that date. These earrings are gilt metal and set with vibrant magenta pink paste over rose coloured foil in closed back settings. The gold ear wires are later. They are one inch long and 2/3 of an inch wide. Immaculate.

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