Materials and Features

• This stunning pair is beautifully designed as an asymmetrical cluster, layering differently sized, multi-faceted stones around a central jewel to maximize sparkle and brilliance.

• The color palette blends striking oval focal stones of creamy white art glass—swirled with beautiful veins of genuine gold foil—with a glittering border of warm honey-topaz and bright metallic gold rhinestones.

• Every stone is held in place by lovely scalloped prong settings, using an open-back design that lets the daylight shine straight through the crystals for a wonderfully radiant look on the ear.

• The back of each piece is fitted with vintage tension clips featuring the classic round center hole design that helps them sit snugly and safely on your earlobe.

Type: Doughnut hole mechanical paddle clip-on assemblies

Age/Origin: 1950s American Vintage

Marks: Stamped PAT PEND on the clip mechanisms, (Attribution based on documented blueprint matching, structural doughnut-hole clips, and signature dogtooth prong work)

Other: Because Schreiner manufactured a massive amount of jewelry specifically for high-end department store displays, wholesale accounts, and runway dress designers, a significant portion of their production run went out to the public completely unsigned. Collectors and vintage boutique owners identify them purely through their construction fingerprints.

Measurements

• Weight: 20.2g (including findings)

• Thickness: 14mm (Total dimensional cluster depth height)

• Dimensions: 1.25 inches length x 1.25 inches width

Condition: These rare mid-century earrings are in lovely, ready-to-wear vintage condition and have an incredible presence when worn. The main marbled glass stones and surrounding topaz crystals are safely set, completely free of chips, and full of life. The clips on the back work perfectly with a nice, firm snap. As expected with authentic pieces from the 1950s, there is just some light, normal aging to the metal finish on the back and minor softening to the foil backing on the smaller gold rhinestones.