Baroque Jewelry

[nuranar]

For those of you doing baroque/17th century sometime, I wanted to mention the jewelry maker Sapphire & Sage.   Most of their offerings are Tudor-period, but they also have pearl drop earrings.  These medium to large pearl drops are everywhere in 17th- and early 18th-century portraits.








Plus, there are options! They offer them in two sizes (regular and BIG), either white or cream, either gold or silver metal, and three wearing options: kidney wire, pierced hoop, or unpierced hoop.  I ordered some

I ordered white ones in the regular size, with gold metal. I also took a chance on the pierced hoop. I'm so glad I did! The kidney hooks look a little modern to me, possibly just because they're easy to find; but now that I'm looking, I'm seeing pearls on hoops in many portraits.

The smaller size of earrings varies; the webpage explains that pearl drops aren't always easy to find. My white ones are just under 3/4", or 18 mm, and rather narrow instead of bulbous. And I'm really looking forward to wearing them. :)

Comments

[jordannamorgan]

For some reason, your mood description is very funny to me. :)

(Also... I cringe at the very fact that human males ever dressed like the guy in the middle portrait. Historical costumes from some periods are better left to the ladies exclusively...)