Vintage Sapphire Leverback Earrings gilt metal The curb links are graduated

The curb links are graduated

featuring a highly domed pavé turquoise centre and applied rope goldwork around the border as well as a further eight turquoise cabochons

Crafted in 18 karat gold with French control marks

with stunning antique patina

Birmingham 1994

Vintage Sapphire Leverback Earrings gilt metal The curb links are graduatedDATE: Vintage, c. 1980 Stylish vintage lever back earrings dating from the 1980s. Each one featuring a vertical row of vibrant cornflower blue lab grown sapphires, of striking colour and excellent clarity. Like the invention of paste gemstones 200 years earlier, lab grown sapphires could (and did) command higher prices than their naturally formed counterparts when they were first invented at the turn of the 20th century. In part because they were