Vintage Tribal Sterling Silver Earrings / India Antique Enameled Silver Himachal Pradesh / Natural Coral popular / Ethnic Earrings

Vintage Tribal Sterling Silver Earrings / India Antique Enameled Silver Himachal Pradesh / Natural Coral / Ethnic Earrings

material: sterling silver, enamel, coral

history: Vintage tribal enameled silver earrings from India with natural coral beads. This interesting pair of earrings has been made by the artisan with recuperated antique necklace or bracelet connecting elements from the Kulu valley of Himachal Pradesh state...you can see the holes on the bottom for the strings. The silver work and the corals are both of very fine quality; the earrings popular are not heavy and easy to wear.

Himachal Pradesh is a northern Indian state in the Himalayas.

"Cloisonné enamel work is characteristic of jewellery from the Kulu valley. The technique of enameling had been known since antiquity, but it was the Mughals (16th - 19th centuries) who made it fashionable." A World of Necklaces..." by Anne Leurquin. On page 238 one can see similar pieces of enameled jewelry attachments to the pieces used in these earrings.

est age: late 20th century vintage; triangular enameled silver pieces early 20th century; coral antique.

size: 1 1/4" x 1 3/4"

weight: .39 oz ( 11 g)

condition: good antique and vintage condition; normal signs of age