Hand painted Rostov finift enamel earrings

Hand painted Rostov finift enamel earrings. Vintage collectible romantic jewelry. This floral earrings features a finift enamel painting of red flower with green and purple leaves on light blue background. Please, see the matching ring, as well. Russian Finift vintage earrings are a piece of vintage jewelry from the 1970s, made in famous technique of enamel painting, with fancy filigree metalwork. These enamel earrings are in perfect conditions. Finift Enamel Jewelry is one of the most popular Russian products and they are always in demand all ober the world. The enamel jewelry products are made in old traditions. This technique of jewelry making was born and still exists in the Russian town Rostov and it has old name "finift" so quite often enamel jewelry pieces are called "Rostov finift" and this name is used in many other languages. Rostov enamel jewelry items are appreciated for their high quality and designs, luster and transparency of enamel colors. Enamel is a solid vitreous coating, applied onto a metal base (copper, steel, silver, or gold plate) with additives of various color metal oxides and secured by firing in a muffle furnace at 800 C (1 472,00 F). This technique was used to create miniature Christian icons ( images of Christ and Saints ), portraits, coats of arms and jewelry.