DAVID WEBB Snake 18-karat gold and platinum diamond, diamond and emerald earrings

A textured gold 'Snake' folds around itself in David Webb's couture earrings, with its scaled 18-karat gold (750) body wrought with a precision that makes the coil feel alive. Pavé-set brilliant-cut diamonds frame a cabochon emerald at the serpent's head, while a smooth emerald drop falls below, with its saturated depth and translucency in deliberate contrast to the worked gold above.