Inlaid with three drops of mother-of-pearl, these earrings are best worn with hair swept back to showcase their movement and the way they iridesce in the light. The pair comes in 18K gold, which plays elegantly off the shell, a precious material distinguished by its beautiful natural striations, and hangs delicately from the lobe by French hooks.
IPPOLITA's 18K gold combines pure gold and silver in a nickel-free alloy, giving it a cooler, more nuanced tone informed by ancient and Renaissance metalwork.
IPPOLITA's sterling silver is 925 finished in a layer of 99.9% pure silver, hand-polished to a mirror finish and resistant to tarnish.
Every Rock Candy stone is faceted by hand over ten hours, its large, deliberately irregular cuts following the veins and color already in the material rather than correcting them.
