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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Curioser, post: 9552822, member: 13823&quot;]I recently had repairs done to these Victorian period carved coral and 14K earrings: where there are pearls now there were originally smaller carved coral urns and one ear wire had broken off at the top. Height is 2 1/4&quot; and width is 13/16&quot;.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have a few questions for the savvy folks here:</p><p><br /></p><p>The faces have grape leaves on top of the heads and ram&#039;s horns on the sides.&nbsp; The leaves make me think of Bacchus and his followers.&nbsp; What&#039;s with the ram horns? I see they are used in decorative pieces depicting Bacchus/ Dionysos but I can&#039; find the origin story.</p><p><br /></p><p>The carved horizontal bars are decorative and support the drops but I don&#039;t think they depict an object/animal. What do y&#039;all think?</p><p><br /></p><p>The bar/urn/pearls drop detach.&nbsp; So, I have heard of dormeuse earrings, day/night earrings and removable drops so travelers would not flaunt their valuables when on long trips in unfamiliar territory. Are any of these terms/concepts appropriate?</p><p><br /></p><p>And, finally, I&#039;m looking to narrow down age. One ear wire is original, another is a very close replica. Do those or the subject/material</p><p>help narrow down to a particular decade or two?</p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks so much!</p><p>[ATTACH=full]455819[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]455820[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]455821[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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