Description

This beautiful pair of lever back diamond earrings is a classic style that can be dressed up or down....bright and fiery old cut diamonds make these special....

*** I have also listed these in my Etsy shop (www.franziska.etsy.com) as my customer who just purchased them has decided to apply her payment to an antique asscher cut diamond ring....so, if you missed these the first time around, you have a second chance! ***

Crafted of solid 14K white gold, each earring features two bezel set old cut diamonds...a larger old European cut and a smaller brilliant/transitional cut diamond.

Measuring approximately 5.8 mm in diameter, the old European cuts are estimated to weigh a total of 1.40 carats, or so. Very bright, lively and fiery with open culets, I would judge the color of these diamonds to be in the H-I-J range of near-colorless. One diamond shows a clear inclusion near one edge that almost comes to the surface, and the other one is chipped on it's underside (this makes it look a bit more white to the naked eye). They both look very beautiful on the ear, though.

Set above the larger diamonds in smaller bezels are two brilliant cut diamonds (they look to be slightly early modern brilliants) measuring approximately 2.5 to 2.7 mm in diameter, for an additional .13 to .14 carats - bringing the total estimated carat weigh of the earrings to approximately 1.53 to 1.54 carats. I would judge these stones to be in the H-I range of near-colorless and they are eye-clean and nice & clean under magnification, as well - though one stone looks to have some chipping along it's girdle, though even under magnification it's rather hard to see with it's bezel setting.

With a very nice and elegant presence on the ear - these are comfortable earrings to wear with the lever backs offering nice security. Originally, these diamonds were combined with pearls as a pair of old clip back earrings. I've removed the pearls and had the diamonds added to a new solid 14K white gold pair of settings. Even with the flaws mentioned above, they are beautiful and deserve a new life!

From the top of the lever back earwire, they measure approximately 15 mm, or approximately 9/16 of an inch. The lever backs are marked "14K" and the total weight of the pair is 2.25 grams.

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