Antique Chinese Silver Export Pendant-Amulet — 19th Century Wearable History Gold_earrings This is the kind of

This is the kind of piece that transforms what it is worn with

mounted by a silversmith who understood how to frame it

they make a genuine statement

Metal: Pure Mexican silver

The silver is intact

Antique Chinese Silver Export Pendant-Amulet — 19th Century Wearable History Gold_earrings This is the kind ofThey don't make Chinese silver export amulets like this anymore. The 19th century workshops that produced them are long gone. This antique Chinese silver export pendant amulet dates to the 19th century a period when Chinese silversmiths in Canton and Shanghai produced extraordinary small scale work for the export trade: intricate, technically accomplished pieces that were as much objects of cultural meaning as they were jewelry. This pendant amulet