Vintage KALO Arts & Crafts Sterling Silver Earrings
This is a vintage pair of sterling silver earrings by the Kalo Shop, the leading Chicago-based silversmith of the American Arts and Crafts movement.
They have a simple design of smooth-polished domes trimmed with five balls or “beads” at the base, set within open circles of silver. Although very simple there’s an attractive play of light on the rounded surfaces.
The earrings are 2.5 cm (1″) across and 6 mm (0.25″) deep, and fitted with screwbacks which are also sterling. They are marked “STERLING” and “KALO” on the reverse. The screwback turns are also marked “STERLING.” I would estimate they date to between 1915 and 1920, possibly earlier.
They are in very good vintage condition with some slight age-consistent surface scratching but no dings or dents. The screwbacks in good working order.
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Filed under: Arts & Crafts • Earrings • North American • Other Designers • Silver