These earrings, from jeweler Meryl Shapiro, are black onyx and sterling silver and hang from an ear wire. They measure 1 1/4" from the top of the ear wire. 

Meryl Shapiro has a multi-material artist involved in painting, drawing turning everything she touches into something else-something better. Setting her sights on metal work she has been crafting unusual imaginative jewelry most of which have been one of a kind.