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Antique Emerald Gold Earrings. Spain, c. 1760


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Antique Emerald Gold Earrings. Spain, c. 1760
Antique Emerald Gold Earrings. Spain, c. 1760
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Its global colonial empire made Spain fabulously rich for centuries. Above all from the colonies in Central and South America, countless precious stones and bars of gold and silver arrived in the mother country on the Iberian Peninsula on board the great trading ships, the galleons. The best emeralds in the world were exported from the famous mines of Colombia to the most distant countries via Spain. Finely crafted pieces of jewelry were made from gold and emeralds and worn by the Spanish nobility. This pair of earrings is also a product of that time. Two movably linked elements made of high-carat gold are richly set with emeralds and are accompanied by fine tendril ornaments. This style was mainly worn at the Spanish court. A magnificent pair of earrings was complemented by a matching corsage ornament, which was sewn onto the court dress and worn in the center of the chest. Originally, there was an additional, bow-like ornament between the two elements of these earrings. The earring type actually got its name from this: Lazo, Spanish for bow. However, this playful element was lost over time and was replaced by a simple gold ring. The earrings are now a little simpler - but perhaps all the more wearable as a result. A comparable pair of this type is illustrated, for example, in Ginny Radington Dawes and Olivia Collins: Georgian Jewellery, Woodbridge 2007, p. 109.
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Antique Emerald Gold Earrings. Spain, c. 1760
Iberian Splendour
€ 2,890.00 *
Content 1 piece
Incl. VAT, Shipping
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