HUBERT HARMON MEXICO BRASS SPUTKNIK EARRINGS

CIRCA THE MID 1940'S A GREAT SET OF HUBERT HARMON SPUTNICK EARRINGS. THEY MEASURE ABOUT 1 1/4 IN DIAMETER WITH SCREW BACKS AND ARE IN GREAT CONDITION.

HARMON WAS A PARIS TRAINED DESIGNER AND A CONTEMPORARY OF WILLIAM SPRATLING WHO WORKED FOR A SHORT PERIOD (1940-48) IN TAXCO. HE IS KNOWN FOR HIS WHIMISCAL BUT WELL EXECUTED DESIGNS AND THIS DESIGN WAS WELL AHEAD OF ITS TIME, LATER BECOMING KNOWN AS "SPUTNIK" AFTER THE RUSSIAN SPACECRAFT. THEY ARE MARKED "HUBERT HARMON MEXICO"