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The Royal Mint Enamel 18K White Gold Orrery Night Sky Drop Earrings

The Royal Mint Enamel 18 Karat Two-Tone White Gold Orrery Night Sky Drop Earrings

Designed as white gold disks clustered as surmount and meshed drops
Ranging in size from 3.0 to 9.0 mm round with brush texture
Glossed with transparent ultramarine blue enamel
Accented by high polish gold stars throughout
Completed by posts with hinged omega backs
Stamped with British hallmarks for 18 karat gold
With maker's mark for The Royal Mint
Circa: 2020s; from the Orrery Night Sky Collection
Measures: 2 7/16 x 1 1/16 inches
Total Weight: 40.0 grams
Stock Number: We-15125

The collection takes its name from the Orrery, a mechanical device designed to model the movements of celestial bodies in the solar system, the first of its kind commissioned by the Earl of Orrery in the early 18th century. Designed originally as both a complex scientific instrument and a work of art it demonstrated the precision and beauty of the universe and a new expression of the craftsmanship of its age.