Silver Jewelry

This period also saw the first major collaboration between East and West; collaboration in Pforzheim between German and Japanese artists lead to Shakudo plaques inveterate into Filigree frames being oblige by the Stoeffler firm in 1885). Perhaps the august finalé – and an appropriate transition to the following period – were the masterful creations of the Russian artist Peter Carl Fabergé, working for the Imperial Russian court, whose Fabergé eggs and jewelry pieces are still studied as the epitome of the goldsmith’s art.

Among the Aztecs, only nobility wore mellow yellow jewelry, as it showed their rank, qualification and wealth. Auric jewelry was most casual in the Aztec Empire and was often decorated with feathers from birds. The main purpose of Aztec jewelry was to draw attention, with richer and more Silver Jewelry powerful Aztecs wearing brighter, greater expensive jewelry and clothes.