Pendeloque earrings, c. 1770s were designed with a round or marquise-shaped top suspending a bow motif from which dangles a pear-shaped drop with a design complementary to the top. These earrings could be quite elongated in opposition to the tall coiffures popular at the time. This style was the evolutionary predecessor of the two-stone earring, which features a smaller stone suspending a larger one, that has remained popular throughout history.

The contemporary definition of pendeloque has come to mean a pear-shaped dangling ornament.