English 1840s Design, taken from the top, the face, of a Gold Georgian tie-pin. The monied gentlefolk of Georgian England wore neck ties of a voluminous nature requiring pinning, and the original of this cute round form sat firmly in the middle of the neck tie of the wearer, it too star-set with a Diamond.
The Diamond in the original tie pin top was the same size as in these eardrops, but it was not a “round white brilliant cut” Diamond such as these, rather it was the type of Diamond available in the mid-1800s, facetted across the top and glinting darkly.