Victorian Basse Taille Enamel Earrings wedding the metal work is lyrical

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The flip-up clasp holds a minute-sized diamond

Victorian Basse Taille Enamel Earrings wedding the metal work is lyricalBasse taille (sometimes referred to as "jeweler's enamel"?) is a technique of enameling in which a pattern is engraved in low relief or beaten upward in repouss?, and then filled with translucent or opaque enamel, often black. Dangling and geometric, these American Victorian earrings are constructed in four parts and a shepherd's hook ear wire with safety clasp. The surmount is a convex and curved rectangular shape. Beneath are suspended both an open