Stunning Portuguese topaz ‘dahlia’ cluster earrings.c.1770.
Warm sherry topaz tones with calibré-cut stones in silver settings so very characteristic of c18th Portuguese work.
Later high carat gold wires.
1.8 cms by 1.6 cms.
For the most comprehensive collection of colourful foiled Portuguese c18th flower jewellery the essential tome is Five Centuries of Jewellery, the catalogue to the National Museum of Ancient Art in Lisbon.