Antique Chinese Silver Export Pendant-Amulet — 19th Century Wearable History Gold_earrings Origin: New Mexico

Origin: New Mexico

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

Metal: Pure Mexican silver

Taxco de Alarcón in Guerrero was producing some of its most celebrated silver work during the 1940s — an era characterized by bold sculptural forms

Antique Chinese Silver Export Pendant-Amulet — 19th Century Wearable History Gold_earrings Origin: New MexicoThey 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