Retro “Sorrento” earrings with screw closure

Composition: silver, cat's eye glass
Condition: very good
Dimensions: 2.8 x 1.5 cm
Color: silver, blue
Label: "Sorrento Sterling"
Country: USA
Period: 1950-1960
Jewelry Style: Retro
Market value: 60-90 EUR

Sorrento Sterling is an American jewelry line owned by Rochester Manufacturing Co., active from 1940 to 1970. They specialized in 925 silver jewelry with filigree (mesh or weave) motifs, sometimes using pearls or stones. These earrings are marked " Sterling" - meaning 925 sterling silver . Light blue, dome-shaped cabochon stones ( cat's eye ) . Dangling, elegant crescent-shaped details with an openwork texture - inspiration for filigree weaving . The clasp is a classic screw -back - typical of earrings of the 1940s-1950s .

The 1950s–1960s period is a period of post-war elegance, femininity, and luxurious costume jewelry, transitioning from Retro style to Art Deco Revival and the beginning of Modernism .

More (about prices):
www.etsy.com/listing/1470059804/vintage-sorrento-blue-tigers-eye
www.gem.app/product/filigree-onyx-sterling-silver-earrings