Earrings

Traditional jewellery often followed out-dated aristocratic examples. Many Spanish traditional earrings were based on 17th and 18th century patterns, but over time local differences became fixed, and patterns became characteristic of a particular place.

Jewellery from the Salamanca region is among the oldest and most distinctive in Spain. The shape of these earrings is late 17th century, but the delicate gold filigree ground, threaded with seed pearls, is typical of 19th century Salamancan jewellery. They would have been worn with an elaborate matching cross-shaped pendant.