Guillotine Earrings messynessychic or curiosity cabinet

or curiosity cabinet

and a small porcelain ashtray holding a cigar with a scattering of ash

crafted in gold-plated bronze and worn like a jewel

each one handcrafted in France

Cushion cover sold without insert

Guillotine Earrings messynessychic or curiosity cabinetThese rare vintage guillotine earrings come from a sleeping stock of collectible pendants and we've added gold plated closures to the set. The pendants themselves are gold plated copper made in the later half of the 20th century. One of the most unusual stories to come out of post revolutionary France must be the bals des victimes, or victims balls. Writings and records from the era suggest that an unusual subculture of society balls emerged as