1920s Bakelite Butterfly Earrings engagement rings and the cameos are mounted

and the cameos are mounted in closed back settings with little gold balls between each one - basically all the trappings of Grand Tour era jewellery

It's set with a vivid red pyrope garnet in a simple collet mount with a thin gold band

tested as 15ct gold (chain is 9ct gold)

The diamonds

and the ornate head is navette (or boat) shaped

1920s Bakelite Butterfly Earrings engagement rings and the cameos are mountedDelightful antique earrings modelled as bright orange butterflies with pique style precious metal and mother of pearl inlays. The material is bakelite which, at the time they were made in the 1920s, was a new and exciting material that jewellers quickly adopted to produce beads and the like. I've never seen bakelite butterflies, and rather suspect that whomever made these was used to working with naturally occurring thermoplastics like tortoiseshell