HEX SIGN Glass EARRINGS Vintage Goldtone Screw Back, Round Black, Green, Red This is a vintage Pair of HEX SIGN EARRINGS! With a white glass round front, this vintage pair of earrings have a HEX SIGN like design! Although not a typical hex sign pattern it does have the same feel and this IS Lancaster county home of a large Amish and Mennonite population. A creamy off white color for the background, it has a jagged black edge. Inside are four half-moon shapes, two each in green and red. The red ones have small lines of blue outlining the shape. What is a hex sign? The Pennsylvania Dutch settlers brought their customs and traditions to Pennsylvania and one of those was that their farmers liked to decorate their barns with colorful yet meaningful symbols. One of the more popular design was a star with 6 points. The German word for six is "sechs" and this was mistakenly heard to be "HEX" by those that spoke English here. So these became known as "Hex Signs". The signs have different meanings and families would chose which signs they wanted to display based on those meanings. Some of the more popular symbols are: hearts for love, distelfinks birds for luck and happiness, tulips for faith, and stars for good luck. The colors used were also carefully chosen because of their meaning as well. Blue means protection, white stands for purity, green means abundance and red is a color of strong emotion. METAL: Goldtone MATERIAL: Glass TYPE: Screw back for non pierced ears MEASUREMENTS: 13/16" in diameter CONDITION: These pieces of jewelry are in used condition. The screw backs are in full working order. There is scratching and finish wear present. Just Jewelry by MrZipMDO