Reflecting Polar Bear

Mike Warner grounded this polar bear portrait in a framed landscape, capturing its stocky build and slightly Roman-nosed head against a stark, open setting. Photo-etching puts fine, hair-like strokes directly into the gold-tone or sterling-plated brass to mimic the bear's dense fur coat. The broad, flat metal surfaces leave plenty of room to reflect light, echoing the glare off Arctic sea ice.

• Subject: Bears
• Category: Single Species Portraits
• Form: Earrings, Pendant
• Finish: Gold Plated, Sterling Silver
• Rarity: occasional
• Tags: Full-Body, Framed, Landscape, Species Ambiguous, Species Photo, Theme Overlap, Stylized
• Reference: PLR-04

Reflecting Polar Bear is a vintage Wild Bryde earrings featuring bears. This entry in the Wild Bryde Unofficial Collectors Guide documents the piece with photographs and collector notes for identification.