Wouldn’t you like to wear earrings based on real historical ones? You do not have to be a historical reenactor to appreciate classic designs which have stood the test of time.
What Sarah does is to be inspired or actually replicate original period designs from hundreds or thousands of years ago based on what she sees in old portraits, pictures of real antique jewelry and even Roman mosaics!
I also liked Sarah’s Tudor inspired girandole earrings where she handpainted the flower to sort of resemble a Tudor Rose . Combination of the red and white signifies the union of the House of Lancaster and the House of York which ended the War of the Roses.
The design for these earrings is taken from an extant example, dating from 100-300 AD, housed in the Thorvaldsen Museum in Denmark, as seen in the second picture. Similar earrings feature in Roman mosaics – please see fourth picture.
The museum picture showing the 100-300 AD Roman earring shows how close she got to the design :
Some Regency or Georgian era earrings – think Jane Austen or the Mad King George III – are less showy like this pair of faux pearls adorned ones. Pearls were apparently popular in the Regency era.
the portrait of Mary Nisbet, Countess of Elgin (1777 – 1855), painted approximately 1804 (Georgian era) by François, Baron Gérard.
I’ve only touched on a fraction of what Sarah has to offer. Have a wander through her many collections and be charmed!
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