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Old Enamelled Silver & Turquoise Earrings

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$140.00

Old Enamelled Silver teardrops, traditional work in excellent condition, hung with Turquoise of Chinese origin (China currently has at least fifteen working Turquoise mines); elegant interesting earrings created in Sydney, handmade Silver earhooks and secure wirework joining the Turquoise to the old dark blue Enamelled teardrops.

Origin of Enamelled Silver was Multan a city on the Indus River in Sindh in what is now Pakistan, the centre of the Hindu guild of artisans which historically specialized in enamel work; Partition in 1947 destroyed the guild and the tradition.

 

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Old Enamelled Silver & Turquoise earrings, the dark blue enamel work dating back to mid 1940s or earlier, the matrix Turquoise of Chinese origin (China has at least 15 current working Turquoise mines); earrings created Sydney, handworked Silver earhooks and securely wired Silver joining the Turquoise to the rare emamelled Silver teardrops
Multan, a city on the Indus River in Sindh in what is now Pakistan, was historically the centre of the Hindu guild of artisans specializing in this type of enamelled Silver work; Partition in 1947 destroyed this Hindu guild and rang the end of this hand-work.