1960s Modernist Amethyst Earrings Day & Night plant foliage

plant foliage

86ct old European cut (F-VS2)

ob 20 Nov 1795

both dated 1838 - the year of Queen Victoria's coronation

1960s Modernist Amethyst Earrings Day & Night plant foliageDATE: Space Age, c. 1960 Striking Space Age silver earrings dating from the 1960s. The long drops taper out from the ear wires to lozenge shaped bottoms, each featuring an intense purple amethyst. The Space Age, aka Atomic Age, refers to the period between 1957 and the early 1970s (although some would argue we're still in it). Movements in architecture, interior design, film and television, automotive design, music, fashion, and jewellery were