Early 19th Century 18k Gold EarringsEarly 19th century 18k Gold Earrings, French Consulate Empire Period, Circa 1805. A strikingly similar pair is illustrated in the book French Jewelry of the 19th Century by Henri Viver. This authoritative book was initially published in 1903 and shows a pair of earrings that were likely made by the same hand, along with other earrings made in the transition time from the French Revolution and Napoleon's First Empire. The earrings have a later hallmark