comprising of a pair of intricate Edwardian openwork drops, entirely diamond set with stylised foliate motifs surrounding a brilliant cut diamond to the centre, enclosed within a hexagonal border of diamonds which extend upwards to join elongated foliate caps, suspended from articulated diamonds and miniature foliate caps, all mounted within platinum millegrain settings.

Suspended from later screw thread fittings, comprising of diamond set upturned teardrops beneath single diamonds, from which they can be unhooked.

Length: 7.2cm

The drops are highly redolent of the work of Cartier circa 1905 and fall into the Garland style, characterised by stylised foliate motifs in the Louis XVI taste. They are closely comparable to the jewels created by the workshops of Lavabre and Saibène for Cartier during the turn of the century and likely originated from a lavallière necklace. It was common for the drops of a lavallière necklace to be detachable, so they could be worn in other forms including earrings. See pg 76 of ‘Cartier 1900-1939’ (Rudoe, 1997) for a lavallière necklace with detachable drops.