Sphinx Huge Square Rhinestone Clip On Earrings

Sphinx Huge Square Rhinestone Clip On Earrings featuring 16 pave set princess or square cut rhinestones within a raised gold toned border and with an outer square of pave set rose cut or round rhinestones. These super sparkly clip on earrings are 3cm square and together they weigh 30g. They are both signed on the reverse in the iconic oval cartouche 'SPHINX'.

Sphinx jewellery is a vintage British UK jewellery brand, which was started in the late 1940′s by S Root and was based in Chiswick, London. The company produced quality collectable vintage jewellery until the late 90's including statement costume jewellery pieces covering a wide range of styles. Sphinx jewellery can be identified by having the 'Sphinx' stamped in an oval cartouche, which was often accompanied by a design code stamp of a letter and numbers.

Unsigned pieces were either for customers who wanted to sell pieces as their own, because work was produced in a rush to meet demand or because there wasn't space on the design. Pieces may have either numbers only or a letter and numbers. These were design numbers. In addition to their own line, they produced jewellery designs for many creatively talented artists like Kenneth Jay Lane, Butler & Wilson, Joe Mazer (Jomaz), Alfred Philippi, Nina Ricci, Caura, Fried Paris, as well as Saks 5th Avenue, Neiman Marcus, Bloomingdales, Mark & Spencer and other high end department stores in Europe as well as the United States.