Robin's Egg Earrings
$85
Robin's Egg Earrings
18K Gold-plated brass
& enamel
Matte antique finish
1/2" egg charm
Hooked backs
18K Gold-plated brass
& enamel
Matte antique finish
1/2" egg charm
Hooked backs
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The Story
What if you had the opportunity to wear the world’s most alluring color every day? That would be robin’s egg blue, a color that heralds spring; a color that dresses up the landscape; a color that promises summer adventures yet to come.
Seeing one of these eggs in a nest is like discovering a gem in the wild. Since you should never ever take an egg from a nest, let alone wear robin’s eggs on your ears, Janet’s created an excellent facsimile: dewdrops of Robin's beautiful blue eggs on fish-hook backings.
The color and shape has excited artists and designers since the first robin has laid an egg (or did the egg come first?) So while most people wear turquoise earrings, you, my friend, will be wearing robin’s eggs. That’s way more magical.
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How to Wear
These earrings metamorphize with what you wear. With a summer evening dress, they look a little razzle-dazzle — blue tear-drops in the moonlight. But robin’s eggs can also go casual, beautifully complementing a pair of well-worn jeans.
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Curiosities
Robins aren’t the only layers of blue eggs. Black tinamous, Eastern bluebird, blue jay, starlings and house finches aptly compete.
The hue of robin’s egg blue is also muse for a famous jeweler: Tiffany & Co., with its famous blue box. The custom color created by Pantone for Tiffany is a registered color trademark and is not publicly available.
The pigments in the mother-robin blood is what gives the eggshell its distinct color.
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