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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 11227855, member: 2844&quot;]Lovely, I would have bought them.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie49" alt=":happy:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Agree. I seem to remember that those omega hinged backs were first used ca 1920. I see them mostly on nice quality Continental European earrings from the 1930s-1950s.</p><p>So the back is called omega hinge. Leverbacks have a single &#039;lever&#039; with a small hole in it. The post clicks into the hole in the lever, whereas the omegas press the earring to the earlobe, just like an earclip</p><p><br /></p><p>They look Central European, but I wonder if the marks are Italian. </p><p>Could be AR, for Arezzo, Italy.</p><p><br /></p><p>Yes, very difficult to test. The cut is called &#039;senaille&#039;, which has fewer facets than rose cuts. Senailles are not very valuable, just look pretty, so I wouldn&#039;t worry about it.</p><p>What you have are beautiful and good quality chandelier earrings, probably Continental European.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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