Unlike rings, which have been an adornment mainstay for millenia, earrings have repeatedly disappeared from and reappeared in jewelry boxes over the centuries.

There is a certain type of earring that I particularly strongly associate with their resurgence in Europe in the 15-1600s - a small hoop with a suspended baroque pearl. You will frequently see them featured in paintings of elegant women from the era, such in the many portraits Peter Paul Rubens painted of his wife, Isabella Brant. 

As the pigments in painting degrade, at times the diaphanous veil of color used to paint a pearl begins to look like translucent crystal. 

Each set of earrings is one of a kind, handcrafted in sterling silver and beautiful rock crystal. They are approximately 1 1/4 inch long (c. 32mm).