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These are great! I have an Iranian gold ball pendant that his this sort of filigree and granulation, but I cannot say that these are Iranian, just similar to it -- and I am sure this type of work is done throughout the east.
I am not ready to take any chances but they certainly remind me of the kind of filigree work you can find in traditional jewellery from certain regions os Spain (Salamanca, Extremadura, etc.). Let us hope some member of the blog can give some more founded hints.
beauties, such intricate filgree work is wonderful.
I can feel some ottoman flavour to it, maybe a revival ottoman earrings from south eastern europe??
Please find below some examples of old and contemporary of traditional filigree work from Extremadura and Salamanca in Spain. The first three pictures are contemporary examples of the traditional silver filigree jewellery of the province of Salamanca, known a "Charra". The last one is an example of the traditional jewellery of the region of Extremadura (Spain). These are made of 18ct gold and enamel and are late 19th century (see at www.elenaherrero.com).
Thanks everyone for the information. Jose, thanks so much for those reference photos!
This type of work seems to have been popular through Spain, Balkans and eastern Europe. The V&A's collection of traditional jewellery from Europe has earrings and buttons made in this style too. Wherever it comes from, it's definitely beautiful work.
Very special these earrings, very hard to find were they are exactly coming from.
A wild guess; could it be from the Toucouleur of Wolof (Senegal)?
Am glad you got such wonderful things from Bermondsey......... Very impressive.I also like the different attributions from the blog members.What did the seller say?
@Harald, are the Toucouleurs doing such intricate filigree?
@Jose, wonderful pics. Thank you.
The seller wasn't sure - she said it was antique (although I'm not sure it is), and that it could be European or Asian. I had fallen in love with them though and wasn't really concerned if they were old or not :)
The V&A has a number of traditional jewellery pieces from Eastern Europe and Spain that have similar work, which made me think they could be European. The ones that Jose posted are very similar to this pair too.
I would love for these to be Toucouleur, but am afraid they may not be. The few photos of Toucouleur work I have seen have similar granulation but not the filigree.
Had not seen either these or the pieces posted by Jose below, until now. Am very impressed and pleased to see all this now, including also of course the posts! Thanks to all.
Chantal 2 pictures of filigree items from the Toutcouleur.
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