This “Swin Mini Stud Earrings” is inspired by the legend of pearls. In the occidental legend of pearls, it is said that Venus, the goddess of beauty, was born in a shell. When the shell was opened, the dew dripping from her became crystal clear pearls. During the Renaissance, the famous painter Botticelli placed, in his painting The Birth of Venus, the goddess on a huge scallop leaf which slowly emerged from the bottom of the water. The drops of water that the goddess shook off formed pearls, which were white, flawless and crystal clear. Danes associate pearls with the mermaid legend where the mermaid missed the prince so much that she cried in despair. The tears are treasured by the shellfish and after a long time, the tears became pearls.