From an engraving by H. Robinson after a drawing by H. Wyatt, showing long drop earring. MRS. GEORGE WINGFIELD. Date about 1842. From an engraving by W. H. Egleton after a drawing by J. Hayter, showing drop and cluster earrings. in date 1842, shows the early Victorian ear-ring at its zenith; other forms had two gold balls or pearls suspended from a bar by little chains. Others again were of clear or clouded amber, long and pointed, and large clusters of grapes made in turquoise blue enamel with broad vine leaves in gold were in vogue. |