Mom & Baby Dolphin in Heart

I rarely come across these uncommon earrings, which frame an adult bottlenose dolphin and her calf within an openwork heart. The photo-etching process carves out precise negative spaces between the overlapping figures, detailing their stocky bodies and defined snouts in either gold-tone or silver-tone rhodium brass. Since bottlenoses typically nurse their young for well over a year, the paired design accurately reflects their long-term maternal bonds.

• Subject: Dolphins
• Category: Single Species Portraits
• Form: Earrings
• Finish: Gold Plated, Rhodium Plated
• Rarity: uncommon
• Tags: Full-Body, Framed, Species Ambiguous, Pairs or Families, Beading, Hallmark Photo, Species Photo
• Reference: DLP-09

Mom & Baby Dolphin in Heart is a vintage Wild Bryde earrings featuring dolphins. This entry in the Wild Bryde Unofficial Collectors Guide documents the piece with photographs and collector notes for identification.