High Relief Italian Lava Cameo Earrings in 14k leaving a clear and permanent

leaving a clear and permanent mark

8mm at widest point

These earrings are also convertible

Age/Origin: Circa 1940’s

American c 1870

High Relief Italian Lava Cameo Earrings in 14k leaving a clear and permanentDespite there being cherub and Cupid jewelry dotted throughout history, putti depictions were prolific in the Georgian and Victorian eras. During these times, jewelry was often sentimental and full of coded imagery; cherubs were a well loved symbol to use as shorthand for anything to do with love. Originally limited to profane passions in symbolism, putti came to represent the sacred cherub, and in Baroque art, putti came to represent the omnipresence