Golden Teal Octahedron Drop Earrings on Posts or Lever Backs

The Most Beautiful Shade of Teal Ever Made

• In Czech glass teardrop beads, that is.

• A shade that’s deep, rich and intense. To my eye, slightly more green than blue.

• Each bead has a serrated point at one end, colored coppery gold.

Finished with bright sterling silver lever backs.

• The most comfortable lever backs in the world.

• For hours of effortless wear.

What’s special about these Earrings:

• How precisely the beads were made, with perfectly-formed facets all around.

• How beautifully the teal and gold shades contrast with each other.

• How expensive these beads are to buy. They’re sold on short, bunched loops of string known as “hanks.” I used to joke with the bead dealer that I feel like I’m buying drugs. “So do I,” she used to respond!

• How nicely the teardrop beads form octahedrons, one of the five Platonic solids - meaning, geometric structures identified byPlato somewhere around 350 BC.

Dimensions:

• About 1 1/2” tall (including lever backs) by about 5/8” diameter.

Weight:

• Light to medium.