Pair of Flemish earrings 14 ct. rose gold, silver. Three-piece pendeloque form in the Baroque style of very filigree foliage with applied silver rosettes. Silver-set with small diamond roses and decorated with two diamond roses in conical gold box settings. Not stamped. H 6.5 cm in total. Total weight 10.22 g. Belgium, circa 1860. Literature Cf. Chadour/ Joppien, Cat. Schmuck Kunstgewerbemuseum der Stadt Köln, Cologne 1985, no. 485, showing a similar pair of ear pendants and references to other comparable pieces in museums; Egger, Bürgerlicher Schmuck, Munich 1984, no. 314.

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