Earrings of a Silver Loop with a Descending Ribbon Band

Movement is the whole point of these earrings: a silver loop with a descending ribbon band, rolled up at its lower end so the flat band curls back on itself to catch the light.

The ribbon was a recurring shape in the workshop, the flat band furled or rolled to turn a simple silver strip into a dynamic form. The approach is pure modern silver: the design comes from how the metal is bent and finished rather than from applied ornament.

Spratling's earrings of this kind reduce the composition to a single gesture, and they come to market only occasionally.