MidCentury 1960 Dangle Drop Earrings In 14Kt Yellow Gold With 43.82Cts Turquoise

Geometric earrings designed by Betty Cock. (1924-2025) This is a great pair of geometric dangle earrings created by the artist-jeweler Betty Cooke. The sculptural earrings have been...

Pair of vintage earrings with black opals. This is a beautiful pair of European dangle drops earrings, most probably created in Germany, back in the late 1940's. The earrings have b...

A pair of dangle drops earrings with blue turquoises. This is a beautiful pair of dangle-drops earrings created in Italy, between the 1960 and 1970. They were carefully crafted with modernist textured twisted pattern in solid yellow gold of 18 karats and embellished with a suite of twenty-six sleeping beauties blue turquoises. Accented with twelve white colorless diamonds and fitted at the reverse, with comfortable hinged French omega backs for fastening clips and gold posts for pierced ears. Turquoises: Mounted in four-prongs settings; with an assortment of 26 graduated round cabochons cuts carved from natural sleeping beauty blue turquoises, with a combined weight of about 5.20 carats. Diamonds: Mount in four-prongs settings, with 12 calibrated round brilliant cut diamonds, with a combined weight of about 0.36 carats, white colorless F/G color, VS-2 clarity. Birthstone: Turquoises for the month of December. Weight: Combined of 24.60 Grams (15.77 Dwt). Measurements: 40 mm by 21 mm (1.58 x 0.83 Inches). Hallmarks: They are both stamped with the mark for the assay and warranty for the 18Kt yellow gold and electronically tested for gold with results as follows, "0.750/.999 Au". Sleeping Beauty Turquoises This kind of turquoises is noted for its solid, light blue color with no matrix. The host rock is granite and this mine was one of the largest in North America. Since the early 1970s, this mine was a major producer of turquoise. Artisans and jewelry companies love Sleeping Beauty Turquoise for its lack of matrix and reliable even color. This mine is still active and currently produces copper. The Sleeping Beauty turquoise mine was named after the mountain range where it is located, which from a distance is said to resemble a sleeping woman with her arms crossed. Increased government regulations and mining costs led to the mine's closure in 2012. Collateral: These turquoises earrings are accompanied by a presentation jewelry box. Condition: The overall condition of these dangle turquoises earrings...

Pair of Italian modernist dangle earrings. This is a very unusual pair of dangling-drops modernist earrings created in Italy, back in the 1970. The kinetic design is composed by mul...