Materials and Features:

• Inlaid Onyx Glass Architecture: A masterpiece of high-contrast European evening design. This features a substantial slab of flush-cut black glass meticulously inset within a custom-engineered square perimeter frame. The glass is perfectly inlaid from the front to create a flawless, seamless semi-precious onyx gemstone appearance, while sitting entirely flush across the reverse chassis profile.

• Mechanical Corner Bracket Chassis: Eschewing cheap industrial adhesives, the black glass slab is permanently locked into the frame by a traditional European studio technique using four precisely placed corner metal brackets. These heavy-gauge clips mechanically trap the glass from the reverse, a hallmark signature of elite mid-to-late 20th-century benchwork designed for absolute structural longevity.

• High-Density Open-Back Pavé Framing: The outer border is set with 28 brilliant clear chaton glass rhinestones. Each crystal is nestled tight within micro-prong wells featuring custom-cast, open-back window cutouts that allow light to permeate directly through the foil backing, supercharging reflection to create a brilliant, continuous halo framing the dark central glass.

• Anti-Torque Post Stabilizer Mechanics: The reverse features a professional-grade, smooth non-magnetic post assembly engineered with an independent, round metal shock-absorber plate flush-mounted directly against the glass substrate. This advanced stabilizer disk is designed to evenly distribute lateral pulling torque across the heavy slab, preventing fractures and protecting the solder joint when pushing on or removing tight barrel earring clutches.

Type: Post-style pierced earrings

Age/Origin: 1980s (Art Deco Revival Runway Era / European)

Marks: Unmarked

Measurements:

• Weight: 20.3g

• Dimensions: Approx. 1.125” length x 1.125” width

• Thickness: 5mm overall earring depth

Condition: Great vintage condition. The heavy, non-magnetic rhodium plated chassis remains brilliantly bright and polished with zero pitting or base metal bleed. The four structural mechanical alignment brackets remain perfectly rigid and firm on both earrings, and the brilliant clear chaton rhinestones retain excellent light transmission and clear foil backings.