Handmade .925 Sterling Silver Small Circle Scroll buying Filigree Drop Earrings

These beautiful earrings, in "filigrana" style (or filigree, meaning thread grain), are hand crafted with tiny beads and twisted threads of high quality .925 silver. The artist solders the silver into intricate lace-like patterns to create beautiful, whimsical designs.

Filigree buying has a more than 5,000 year history. But today, the creation of hand-made filigree is just as laborious as it was 5 millennia ago. Creating filigree jewellery requires concentration, patience, dexterity and a genuine and deeply felt love for the technique. The jeweller must first stretch out the metal into a very fine thread, sometimes as thin as a hair. Next, he or she takes a piece of the thread and twists, curls and bends it into a delicate lacy pattern according to his or her design. Often small beads are added to the piece to give it more character and depth. The threads are then melted together with a blow torch.

What makes handmade filigree so special is that the threads will never be curled or bent in exactly the same way. So, even if an artist creates two of the same rings, or a set of earrings, each piece will be absolutely unique.

The tradition of silver in Mexico is also rich in history and mastery. Taxco, Mexico is a world renowned producer of silver of the highest quality. In the days before Hernan Cortes arrived in Mexico, the indigenous people living in the area that is now Taxco were mining silver here to make intricate pieces designed as offerings to their gods, as well as ornate jewellery to adorn the necks, ears, wrists and ankles of their rulers, called Tlatoani.

Today, designs from Taxco are hand made by silversmiths whose families have been working with silver for generations. Local artisans create the highest quality, most intricate silver designs and are famous for their skills and creativity. Because each piece is hand made, you can be assured that your piece will be one of a kind.

These delicate earrings are a stunning example of handmade filigree. The scrollwork involved in looping the tiny threads of silver together is painstaking and meticulous.

Take these beautiful, handmade earrings home with you today, and enjoy a genuine piece of world history.