MMA / MET Venus Pearl Drop Earrings - 18K EP - EVC

Vintage MMA Reproduction Venus Drop Black/White Pearl Earrings EVC Featuring alluringly mismatched black and white glass pearls and gold-plated brass, our Venus Pearl Drop Earrings are worthy of a goddess. The lustrous black glass pearls vary in luminosity and will appear different depending on the light. With carefully made posts and delicate details, these are pieces that will be staples of your wardrobe for years. 18k Gold-Plated Brass Glass Pearls (As originally sold modeled, One Black and One White) Pierced Ear Posts Dimensions: 1 1/4''L x 1/2''W The Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY The delicate design of our Venus Earrings is adapted from those worn by the Roman goddess of love in Venus in Front of a Mirror , a famous painting by Peter Paul Rubens (Flemish, 1577– 1640). In the painting, Venus wears nothing but a bracelet and a pair of pearl teardrop earrings—one of the earrings is white, and the other, reflected in a mirror, is black. Produced in cooperation with the Princely Collections of Liechtenstein. Gold overlay, with simulated glass pearls. Pierced, with gold- filled posts. 1 1/4''L. Item is from a Pet / Smoke Free Environment