Indian Earrings with Pearl Droplet and Flame Motif Top

Leaf-shaped clusters of tiny dark sparkles hang above big, glossy white spheres.

This earrings with pearl droplet and flame motif top is from India, and is contemporary. It is pearl, silver & marcasite. Marcasite in jewelry is usually iron pyrite cut into small pieces and set in silver to give a glittering finish that was popular in Victorian times. On inspection, a pair of drop earrings. Each top is a curled leaf shape covered in small, dark faceted studs and open cutouts. A cupped metal cap holds a large, round, lustrous white bead that swings below.

All that sparkle up top, and a moon at the bottom.