Marina B Gold and Diamond "Onda" Earrings
Regular price
$27,500
These 1970s-era "Onda" earrings by Marina B reinterpret the ever-popular hoop, with her signature bold lines of gold giving shape to sparkling fields of pavé-set diamond mêlée. Beautifully-modeled to angle close to the face in a chunky, voluptuous half-hoop shape, these stylish earrings brighten the eyes with gleaming gold and radiant diamonds.
Item #: ER-17735
Artist: Marina B
Country: Italy
Circa: 1970s
Size: 1.375’' length, 1.00” width, 0.50” depth
Materials: 240 round brilliant-cut diamonds (approximate total weight 11.86 carats); 18K gold
Signed: “Marina B” and “A1298 Italy 750 MB”
Item #: ER-17735
Artist: Marina B
Country: Italy
Circa: 1970s
Size: 1.375’' length, 1.00” width, 0.50” depth
Materials: 240 round brilliant-cut diamonds (approximate total weight 11.86 carats); 18K gold
Signed: “Marina B” and “A1298 Italy 750 MB”
A student of design and mathematics, Marina Bulgari was an entrepreneurial young woman who left the safety of her family firm to found her own boutique in Geneva, soon winning over red carpet clients like Sophia Loren, Grace Kelly, and Elizabeth Taylor. One of Marina B's first collections in 1978 included the ''Onda'' earring—the Italian word for wave is "onda," and the earrings exemplify waves, the polished gold weaving through the earrings like ''waves in the sea.''
A student of design and mathematics, Marina Bulgari was an entrepreneurial young woman who left the safety of her family firm to found her own boutique in Geneva, soon winning over red carpet clients like Sophia Loren, Grace Kelly, and Elizabeth Taylor. One of Marina B's first collections in 1978 included the ''Onda'' earring—the Italian word for wave is "onda," and the earrings exemplify waves, the polished gold weaving through the earrings like ''waves in the sea.''
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