Late 18th Century More Earrings

Antique Georgian 18K Yellow Gold & Silver Top, Emerald and Diamond Earrings Metal: 18K Yellow Gold & Silver Top Weight: 6.3 Grams Emeralds: Natural emeralds measuring approximate...

Pair of antique earrings called "navicella" in yellow gold with polychrome enamels and natural pearls. Sicily, late 18th century. The clothing used traditionally in many regions is one of the most striking aspects of folklore traditional feminine costume, such as language and ritual, is one of the most obvious signs of the cultural diversity of arbëreshë, is unasingolar expression of local self-awareness that also manifests in this way will to preserve identity and traditions. Because of its immediate visibility, clothing has always been the most suitable tool for the transmission of messages, whose "decoding" leads to the collective unconscious of the people who need to be assured of their role and the multiple functions and socio-economic values. political, magical-religious and sexual "traditional Sicilian goldsmith's kit offers a stratification that is unrivaled in any other region of Europe and presents itself as a fundamental term of comparison for the jewelery of every other area. In the field of earrings, for example, the Sicilian jewelry...

A pair of Georgian rose-cut diamond pendant earrings depicting baskets of flowers in the jardinière style, in sterling silver and 18k gold.