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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 433971, member: 2844&quot;]Gorgeous earrings, but as you can see the style is very different from your necklace. The techniques are also different, your necklace is filigree, the technique of the earrings is called cannetille.</p><p><br /></p><p>As Holly pointed out, Spanish Colonial filigree could be from many places around the globe. It is often combined with other techniques. </p><p>In my opinion the most beautiful Spanish Colonial jewellery is from the Philippines, where the style owes more to the refined filigree which was already being made in the Southeast Asian island states of present day Philppines and Indonesia.</p><p>This stunner is pre-Colonial Philippino, 1000 yrs old:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://s14-eu5.startpage.com/cgi-bin/serveimage?url=https%3A%2F%2F66.media.tumblr.com%2F70e649b0d8e1dd6e3603cce573ce24fa%2Ftumblr_inline_p8yf9wpwij1rmejdl_500.jpg&amp;sp=fe57923470faa9579307aad8acd6e10f" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><a href="https://philippineart.tumblr.com/post/104596940766/jewelry" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://philippineart.tumblr.com/post/104596940766/jewelry" rel="nofollow">https://philippineart.tumblr.com/post/104596940766/jewelry</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Colonial style &#039;tamborin&#039; necklaces from the Philippines:</p><p><img src="https://cdn-img-1.wanelo.com/p/5b9/533/bcd/8badfcaa9eb7bf65e471b98/x354-q80.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://www.thehappylab.com.ph/wp-content/uploads/1-Antique-tamborin-made-of-silver-gold-plated.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><a href="http://www.thehappylab.com.ph/latest-post/heirloom-pieces-tambourine-jewelry/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.thehappylab.com.ph/latest-post/heirloom-pieces-tambourine-jewelry/" rel="nofollow">http://www.thehappylab.com.ph/latest-post/heirloom-pieces-tambourine-jewelry/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>There is a long filigree tradition in Spain, but it is generally less refined than other Southern European filigree or SE Asian filigree. The southern Spanish town of Cordoba is still known for filigree manufacture.</p><p><br /></p><p>I know Spanish Colonial is now off the table, but I am posting these to help recognize the differences.</p><p><br /></p><p>The lovely brooch from Palestine is made in the Ottoman filigree style, which is really Armenian. Ottoman/Armenian filigree has &#039;bones&#039;, the support wires of the design are relatively thick, as you can see in the swirls of the petals.</p><p><br /></p><p>I can&#039;t pinpoint the style of your necklace, but I see it a lot in Central European auctions, and sometimes here in the Netherlands as well.</p><p>The flower pendant could be Middle Eastern, where filigree was introduced by Armenian gold- and silversmiths. Not as solid as Turkish, but leaning towards the style.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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