Antique Pique Earrings with Gold and Silver Inlay
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- Pique Work - A decorative technique used on jewellery and small decorative objects in which designs are created by inlaying small gold or silver studs and stips into tortoiseshell. The art reached its highest point in 17th- and 18th-century France, particularly for the decoration of small tortoiseshell articles such as combs, patch boxes, and snuffboxes.
This item has been included into following indexes:
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earrings, gold
- gold and diamond drop / pendant 3,205
- gold, other 3,320
- earrings, set with - topaz 2,874
- earrings, silver - silver items 1,802
- pique work inlay - jewellery 50
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