The top pair of earrings, a lover’s knot, belonged to my late grandmother. I smile when I see and wear them because they remind me of her. I had always thought they were a low karat gold, but when I finally louped the back, noticed that they are .800 silver, and had a now faded but charming gold wash on them.
Many years after I inherited them, I saw a similar pair in an antique jewellery shop. I brought them home and when I louped them, was stunned to see the same (obscure) maker’s mark on the reverse. These are also gold plated .800 silver, though set with a pearl and much shinier and less worn in their finish. Both have pierced, French backs.
I love the newer ones too, but they don’t have the same sentimental value. I do adore the fact that they came from the same maker, though. Serendipity.
IntoTemptation.....jewellery musings 
How lucky to find another pair of earrings like your grandmother’s! The cachet of keepsake jewelry is key to my entire collection. Remembrance and the passage of time, to me, makes jewelry much more relevent and gives cachet to the wearer.
The 800 mark places them from Germany, France or Belgium. Others used coin silver, but they did not mark it as such. They’re both so wearable and lovely. The quatrefoil shape is always “tres au current.” It restates the classic Alhambra pattern made so famous by Van Cleef & Arpels. Yuppies and snooty toots alike tout their Alhambra jewels, and converge on high end stores to buy more. In honesty, the shape is timeless and beautiful. We have the Moorish invaders to thank for that elegant architectural motif.
Anyway– kudos!