I have 2 pieces thst i cannot figure out

One is this brooch? It's too large to be an earring. It's from the late 1800s as it's an heirloom but that is the extent of my knowledge. It seems to be gold.. No tarnish doesn't stick to magnet etc.
The next are these blue heads. They have all the qualities of stone but there are no visible situations or imperfections. The clasp was missing so the one on it is a replacement, I assume they are from the same time period as they belonged to the same person. Any help is appreciated.

 

The first sure looks like an earring. A brooch would have a pin on the back. Can we see a picture of the back. You say it is too big to be an earring, what are the measurements.
Need a clearer picture of the beads. It's too blurry to see anything.

 

one looks like an earring, and the others may be blue Peking trade beads circa 1800's......

but...if you need help...we need clear crisp detailed photographs.....
otherwise....it's all guesswork..!

 

I'm working on the pictures. Sorryvi am visually impaired. It measures2.5 inches long and 1 3/4 at widest part

 

I believe the blue heads are blue Peking trade beads looking them up. Thank you so much, made my day.

 

still looks like an earring to me......maybe artisan made.....but gold..should have some marking on it...

 

There's a spot at the bottom that looks like there may have been a mark but it's worn off.

 

Hi,
I have my former MIL's great grandmothers earrings from Italy and they are huge almost 3" long. They are gold with a tiny ruby in the center looks very similar to yours. They have been tested as 20 KT. They are from 1850.
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The photo of the necklace is too blurry to tell, but the color looks like the beads of a necklace that I recently bought at a garage sale. You said the clasp is replaced but I don't see any photos of the clasp.

This will inspire me to look more into mine, which has a barrel (screw together) type of clasp that looks a little older to me.

 

I agree that it may not be an earring as the way it's constructed, when you would slip it through your ear, the lower part would be facing out from your head and would obscured by your hair (rather than it being facing forward where folks could see it).

Perhaps some sort of removeable pendant?

 

Welcome!

 

Those are nice and thanks for enlarging them.
Please do that always.

 

Earrings are sometimes designed to be viewed from the side as well (short hair, up-do ...)
similar style

and others

 

In the early to mid 80s,gigantic earrings were all the rage.

 

Quirky...your 1st pic is bang on.....can you get any more info on that pair ???

 

@quirkygirl
These look like an exact match. Any info available?


The blue beads do indeed look like Peking glass.

 

they look like some kind of egyptian revival....?

 

Cluttered, I was thinking the same thing. Quirky's link looks almost identical.

On the beads, would love to have a photo in better light just to confirm. You can see that one of the beads is broken, a close-up would allow a great look into the material. I noticed that some of the beads seem to be drilled a bit unevenly. Not sure if I'm looking at the correctly, or if relevant.