Vintage Sapphire Leverback Earrings indian two thirds of the band

two thirds of the band

has long been associated with death - particularly the brevity of individual human existence

and presented in the original Boodle & Dunthorne triple ring box from their Lord Street shop in Liverpool

An exquisite Victorian Etruscan Revival 15k gold band

crafted in 9k gold and finished in vitreous red and white enamel

Vintage Sapphire Leverback Earrings indian two thirds of the bandDATE: 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