Céleste, 1920

The whole point of these Victorian pendeloque earrings is restraint — half-pearls, holding a steady soft cream even in shade, and nothing more than hand-chased repoussé. Each stone is closed in its own collet, the way settings were made before machines. The last owner was a house in Porto; with a note in the box naming the woman who first wore it. It has outlived everyone who owned it and shows no sign of stopping.