Gold and Amethyst Drop Earrings, Metropolitan Museum of Art

20th century, the surmount a horizontally oriented oval cabochon amethyst, suspending an oval cabochon amethyst, each bezel set in a gold mount, completed with posts and push backs, stamped MMA 14K 585 USA.

1 in.

3.9 dwt.

Private Collection, Durham, North Carolina

Designed after a pair of earrings from Cyprus, Roman Empire, first Century CE, in The Cesnola Collection at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Good estate condition.