pair of earrings

Pair of silver earrings. Each earring has a 'S' shaped hook fastening attached to fan shapped embossed link. They are cross shapped with a central square containing a 3-D faceted square. Each section of the cross is embossed with lines to emphasise the tapered ends of the shape. Three of the four cross points are finished with three small raised mounds in triangles.

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