Natural Baroque Drop Earrings

The natural baroque pearl is the pearl that was never graded into uniformity — it was harvested from the mollusk in whatever shape the mollusk produced, cleaned, drilled, and set without being sorted into a size category or a shape classification. The result is a pearl that is wilder, more organic, more interesting than the perfectly round pearls that dominate the commercial market. These earrings feature natural baroque pearl drops suspended from sterling silver ear wires, each pearl a different shape, a different contour, a different relationship with the light — and that variety is the entire point.

The pearls are genuine freshwater baroque — their shapes range from teardrop to oval to the irregular, lumpy forms that pearl farmers call "keshi" and collectors call "character." Their luster is deep and complex, the result of thick nacre deposited over years of patient growth. The sterling silver ear wires are hand-formed, their curves designed to hold each pearl at the exact angle that displays its best surface while still reading as effortless and organic.

• Natural baroque freshwater pearls — each a unique shape and character
• Hand-formed sterling silver ear wires
• Pearls approximately 7-9mm each
• Lightweight — comfortable for all-day wear
• Nickel-free and hypoallergenic

These earrings are for the woman who prefers the interesting to the perfect — who would rather wear a pearl with character than a pearl with a certificate, who understands that the irregular is not the defective, that the organic is not the inferior, and that the most beautiful things are often the ones that refused to conform to the standard. Style them with anything — pearls have been the universal earring for centuries, and baroque pearls are simply the more interesting version of that universal. A piece that starts conversations, because everyone who notices the irregular shape will ask about it.