Vintage Henry Steig Sterling Silver Serpentine Earrings

A beautiful serpentine design, these vintage Sterling silver screw-back earrings were designed by Henry Steig. Steig was a renowned jeweler of the 1940-60s and one of the founders of the wearable art movement.

Steig grew up in a creative atmosphere, where his relatives were artists and musicians. After graduating from the National Academy of Design, Steig dabbled in a variety of arts, including music, graphics, and photography. However, in the late 1940s, he decided to take up jewelry making. A self-taught jeweler, he started making abstract modernist jewelry at home and selling it to his friends. In 1950, he opened a New York store in Greenwich Village, which was essentially the center of US modernist jewelry at the time. His work primarily focused on silver earlier in his career, but in later years her worked more with gold.

In great vintage condition, minor patina consistent with age and wear. 

Stamped on back of both earrings "Steig & Sterling".

They each measure approx 1" x .75", in great vintage condition, with natural patina from age.