ROBERT ALTMAN AMERICAN ART DECO MALACHITE 18 KT EARRINGS CLIPS

VERY RARE AMERICAN ART DECO PAIR OF EARRING CLIPS DESIGNED BY ROBERT ALTMAN. HAND CRAFTED IN SOLID 18 KARATS YELLOW GOLD AT HIS NEW YORK CITY ATELIER, AROUND THE 1940'S. EXCEPTIONAL RETRO DESIGN WITH A VERY ICONIC STREAMLINE DESIGN. THIS PAIR IS SUITED WITH OMEGA BACKS FOR FASTENING CLIPS, POSTS OPTIONS CAN BE EASILY ADDED.

DECORATED WITH 6 NICE CURVED CARVINGS OF NATURAL GREEN MALACHITE. EACH ONE ATTACHED WITH TWO SCREWS FROM THE BACK.

ROBERT ALTMAN WAS BORN, JULY 14, 1923 IN VIENNA, AUSTRIA. IN THE 1940'S AFTER THE WAR HE MOVED TO THE UNITED STATES AND SETTLED IN NEW YORK CITY. SOON HE OPEN UP HIS OWN JEWELRY DESIGN AND MANUFACTURING STUDIO, NAMED ROBERT ALTMAN INC. A REAL GIFTED GREAT DESIGNER HIS JEWELRY WAS SOLD IN MANY UP SCALE 5TH AVENUE STORES IN THE CITY AND AROUND ALL THE UNITED STATES. HE WAS ABLE TO PROCURE PATENTS FOR ALL HIS UNIQUE'S DESIGNS, ALL HIS JEWELRY IS MOSTLY UNIQUE DESIGNS AND ONE OF A KIND PIECES. 

THIS NICE PAIR HAVE A TOTAL WEIGHT OF 33.4 Grams AND A MEASURES OF 30 mm by 29.5 mm. STAMPED WITH THE COMPANY LOGO AND THE HALL MARKS  "A.L.T 18 K" 

INVENTORY REF: E0000MCNN/.8028