Antique Chinese Silver Export Pendant-Amulet — 19th Century Wearable History Gold_earrings Metal: Pure Mexican silver

Metal: Pure Mexican silver

mounted by a silversmith who understood how to frame it

One full month of weaving — and a color sense that her community considers something close to extraordinary

ensuring unique character and exceptional quality

Antique Chinese Silver Export Pendant-Amulet — 19th Century Wearable History Gold_earrings Metal: Pure Mexican silverThey don't make Chinese silver export amulets like this anymore. The 19th century workshops that produced them are long gone. This antique Chinese silver export pendant amulet dates to the 19th century a period when Chinese silversmiths in Canton and Shanghai produced extraordinary small scale work for the export trade: intricate, technically accomplished pieces that were as much objects of cultural meaning as they were jewelry. This pendant amulet