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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 9586751, member: 2844&quot;]It is German, from the Wadden Sea islands of East Friesland. So along the strip of German coast that goes from the Dutch border to the Danish border.</p><p>They make some of the most beautiful jewellery in Germany.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Wadden Sea is the largest intertidal sea in the world, it lies on the north coast of the Netherlands, the northwest coast of Germany and the west coast of Denmark. It is a World Heritage Site.</p><p>In the Wadden Sea are some of the most amazing islands in the world, some are flooded at high tide, with farms sitting high and dry on top of man made mounds. Other islands were prominent in both the Baltic trade and the East India trade.</p><p>Some of the islands were filthy rich during the heyday of the Medieval Hanseatic League, and the women were almost covered in gold jewellery. I guess that is when the exquisite silver and goldsmithing tradition began.</p><p><br /></p><p>Those rich days have gone, but the islands are still beautiful, with historic towns and villages and mesmerizing land- and seascapes and wildlife.</p><p><br /></p><p>If you ever have a chance to watch the Dutch documentary film &quot;Silence of the Tides&quot; by Pieter-Rim de Kroon, do watch.</p><p>Just a warning, it is not completely silent. But there is no narrator, just impressions of life in the Wadden Sea and on the islands and coast. Keep an eye out for the German postman, quite a character.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/wink.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=";)" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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