Victorian Sunflower Dangle Earrings - 18K Gold Plated Botanical Antique Drops with Hypoallergenic Silver Posts | Vintage Floral Jewelry Inspired by 19th Century Herbariums

Victorian Sunflower Dangle Earrings

18K Gold Plated Botanical Jewelry with Hypoallergenic Silver Posts

🌻 Design Story

Reimagining 1870s European botanist brooches, these earrings fuse Victorian-era metal repoussé with modern minimalism. Each petal is digitally sculpted from century-old sunflower specimens at London’s Kew Gardens, featuring negative-space echniques that cast living shadows. Hidden on the reverse: the Latin motto "Solis Fidelis" (Faithful to the Sun).

🔨 Craftsmanship Innovation

▸ 3D Micro-Carving Plating
0.05mm ultrathin 18K gold layer precisely fills petal grooves (67% less material waste vs standard plating).

▸ Patinated Heritage
Proprietary Sunlight Fade™ Algorithm replicates 50-year natural oxidation for museum-grade patina.

▸ Secure Wear
Medical-grade 316L silver posts + butterfly backs (200-bend durability tested).

🌞 Poetic Narrative

"These are no ordinary sunflowers – where a 19th-century botanical illustrator’s precision dances with a modern jeweler’s romance. The intentional hammer marks? They’re our growth rings in metal, echoing the sound of seeds breaking soil a century ago."

🌼 Style Guide

→ Vintage Markets
Pair with linen dresses + woven baskets to channel Monet’s garden muse.
→ Office Radiance
Wear solo on right ear – a tiny sun glinting above collarbones.
→ Layered Botanica
Combine with 3mm gold chains for vine-entwined dimensionality.