Lettuce Face Earrings

You can't help but bring on compliments while wearing these gorgeous hand-painted Lettuce Lady earrings! These green veggie earrings were inspired by one of the most celebrated women artist in France in the early 1800s - Antoinette Cecile Hortense Haudebourt-Lescot. As a child of just ten, she already was so skilled that a neoclassical history painter took her on as his student. When she debuted at the Paris Salon with 8 works showing life in Italy, she was rewarded by the Duchess of Berry who named Haudebourt-Lescot as her personal painter. It was very uncommon to be a professional artist as a woman in this era, but Haudebourt-Lescot was an exceptional person. Wear these earrings to remind yourself you too can be exceptional. A few details: These Lady Lettuce earrings come in 2 sizes: the large measure about 2.5 inches from top of the leaf to the bottom of the chin; the small are about 1.5 inches. Each earring is individually hand-painted before being sealed with a clear varnish, so each one is unique. The earring huggies are silver plated and nickel free; safe for most people with skin sensitivities. These earrings are really lightweight - even the large.