Folk decorations: Olonets butterfly earrings

My fantasies on the theme of OLONETS BUTTERFLY EARRINGS.
Earrings made of very small Japanese beads (about the size of a poppy seed) of ivory color (aka-ivory, aka-cream color, etc.) As a bell, the author's bronze-colored leather bead is used, and a large artificial pearl is placed in the middle of the butterfly

The rivers of the Russian North were rich in pearls. Pearls were widely used in the manufacture and decoration of church utensils, icon salaries, shrouds, pearls decorated headdresses and clothing. Pearl jewelry was very popular.

Pearl earrings were one of the most expensive pieces of jewelry. It was they who brought an element of luxury and panache to the costume. At the beginning of the XIX century, earrings cost from thirty to one hundred rubles. Despite this, they were in great demand. Earrings were worn on big holidays and passed down from mother to daughter as a great jewel. The peasants themselves made the earrings. According to the size and shape of them, they tried to match both the face and the silhouette of the headdress. Nevertheless, the general stylistic basis of the earrings of the Olonets province remained the same. The earrings resembled butterflies with openwork wings and a pear-shaped pendant. Hence the name: "butterfly earrings».