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Chandelier earrings

A type of ear-ring in the form of a large gemstone in a gold setting from which are suspended three other gemstones.

Such ear-rings, of Roman jewelry, are the apparent precursors of the Renaissance Girandole.

From: An Illustrated Dictionary of Jewelry, autor: Harold Newman, publishers: Thames and Hudson