Medieval French Design: difficult to say how far back the design goes, probably back to the High Middle Ages centreing around 1200ad, when a general urbabization in Europe occurred with a concomitant prosperity and flourishing of the arts.
The eardrops above are created by soldering together two identical round pierced convex sections, making pendants of a pleasant fullness  of design, interesting from any angle.
The 9ct Gold earring pendants created in Sydney. The 9ct Gold “continental” safety clip ear hooks are from Italy, as there exists no producer of these fittings in Australia.