Oaxacan Filigree Sterling Silver Coral Earrings — Handmade Pure Silver, Oaxaca Mexico four leaf clover

Oaxacan Filigree Sterling Silver Coral Earrings — Handmade Pure Silver, Oaxaca Mexico four leaf cloverCoral and filigree the combination that has appeared in Oaxacan silversmith workshops since the craft first arrived from Spain in the 1500s. These earrings were handcrafted by a master silversmith in Oaxaca using the technique known as filigrana oaxaquea: hair thin sterling silver wires hand twisted and soldered into intricate, lace like structures. Framing vibrant coral, the filigree creates an architectural cage around the stone, letting the warmth

The patina of the silver and the depth of the carved stone create a look that is immediately and unmistakably mid-century Taxco — the period when the town's plateros were operating at the height of their creative ambition and their technical mastery

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figurative pieces like this crab are a Taxco specialty

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The design is 3 inches long

Taxco de Alarcón in Guerrero was producing some of its most celebrated silver work during the 1940s — an era characterized by bold sculptural forms

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32 oz) for the pair — light on the ear despite their visual scale

Thin silver wire is twisted by hand into coils and patterns

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stripe by deliberate stripe

Metal: Sterling silver