Antique CHINESE QING Silver Etched Floral Bead Ornate Oval Earrings Dangle buy Drop ,Handmade Oxidized Sterling Ear Wires

Antique Chinese Ch'ing ( Qing) Dynasty Rare Oval silver floral etched beads (1644 -1911 ), Handmade oxidized sterling silver ear wires

Ornately deeply etched antique Qing Dynasty ( 1644-1911 ) silver alloy beads buy from the turn of the century have 2 different intricately etched flowers on either side . I've shown this in the different pictures.

These silver beads are approximately 15mm across or 5/8" and almost 1" in length and have an oxidized sterling silver bead cap at the top and bottom of each bead . These antique Chinese silver beads have a wonderful patina to them which is mimicked in the handmade oxidized sterling silver ear wires .

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We found these antique beads during the mid 1980s in Hong Kong Central on Cat Street which is where many of the antique dealers reside. I was always searching for unusual antique Chinese beads when I was designing for the Sackler Gallery's museum shop here in Washington, D.C. ( the Smithsonian's Asian museum )

I've finished these simple yet quite elegant earrings on handmade elongated oxidized sterling french ear wires.

Total length of these earrings is approximately 2" and they will arrive gift wrapped in a little box tied with a pretty ribbon all ready for gift giving.