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<p>[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 216705, member: 2844"]Thank you, it is good to have your input. </p><p>Yes, silver filigree is used a lot around the Mediterranean and Portugal. It is always difficult to pinpoint an origin. </p><p>I know they are not Turkish, Turkish filigree is made inside a thicker rim. And these 'feel' European, not very scientific of course. </p><p>Portuguese filigree is often very detailed, but then I only know it from the fifties onwards, and these earrings do look older. The mirror discs on the petals make me think they were made to reflect candlelight, but maybe that is just the romantic in me.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 216705, member: 2844"]Thank you, it is good to have your input. Yes, silver filigree is used a lot around the Mediterranean and Portugal. It is always difficult to pinpoint an origin. I know they are not Turkish, Turkish filigree is made inside a thicker rim. And these 'feel' European, not very scientific of course. Portuguese filigree is often very detailed, but then I only know it from the fifties onwards, and these earrings do look older. The mirror discs on the petals make me think they were made to reflect candlelight, but maybe that is just the romantic in me.[/QUOTE]
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