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Girandole earrings

photograph of an eighteenth-century Portuguese pair of earrings from a set, at Lisbon’s National Museum of Ancient Art. Photographer: Manederequesens. Original asset: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:18th_century_portuguese_earrings_(from_a_set),_National_Museum_of_Ancient_Art.JPG. CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/. Attribution: Manederequesens, Wikimedia Commons. Unmodified.

photograph of an eighteenth-century Portuguese pair of earrings from a set, at Lisbon’s National Museum of Ancient Art. Photographer: Manederequesens. Original asset: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:18th_century_portuguese_earrings_(from_a_set),_National_Museum_of_Ancient_Art.JPG. CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/. Attribution: Manederequesens, Wikimedia Commons. Unmodified.

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Girandole earrings were popular in eighteenth-century Europe. They were recognized by a top ornament with three pear-shaped drops hanging below it; some earrings could be detached and worn in a shorter form.