| There are several various historical cultures that | | | | lapidary masters of yesterday. Filigree has always |
| worked with silver and enamel, but there were none | | | | been a meticulously delicate art form based on years |
| that really could touch the high quality and exquisite | | | | of knowledge and gifted creativity. This gifted |
| craftsmanship of the Russians. All though there are | | | | knowledge is most always only passed from |
| more ways than one that the Russians crafted silver | | | | generation to generation, but only when one older |
| and enamel, the method of filigree sterling silver and | | | | artesian is ready for his highly perfected talent to be |
| enamel jewelry carries a historical time line of its own. | | | | handed over to the next gifted chosen younger one. |
| The technical definition of filigree was derived from the | | | | It is during the Russian Czarist Era the magnificent |
| Latin term of 'Filum', which in reference to 'Thread'. | | | | artist Peter Carl Fabergé really brought the |
| Filigree its self is the specific formations of flatly laying, | | | | biggest spot light to some of Russia's most all time |
| twisting and curling of fine precious metal threads onto, | | | | highly resounded filigree silver and enamel artistic styles |
| around and over larger artistically hand crafted items | | | | and design combinations. The Russian jeweler, |
| of silver and gold. Even though the Russian silversmiths | | | | Fabergé had been a highly gifted jeweler to |
| of the Czarist era perfected the ways of filigree, | | | | the Russian Tsars and had been the original artistic |
| filigree was actually historically an artistic craft | | | | craftsman of the infamous Fabergé Egg. |
| technique incorporated from several long vanished | | | | With enamel carrying its own separate historical origins |
| civilizations from millenniums further back than the | | | | from the 16th century, the Russian silversmiths were |
| Russian silver and enamel explosion of Russian silver | | | | known to beautifully combine filigree, precious metals |
| artisans. | | | | of silver and gold and enamel pieces of fine art of |
| Filigree has always been and still is a 100% hand | | | | many formations. One highly renowned style of |
| crafted art form of jewelry that usually always | | | | exquisitely detailed art works is filigree, precious metals |
| requires hours of time and patience by the artist. This | | | | and enamel pieces of jewelry. But these two art |
| is not only true for jewelry, but any formations of silver | | | | forms combined were also used by the Russian artists |
| and enamel filigree art works that is crafted. The | | | | in a wide amount of many other exquisite artistic |
| Russian silver and enamel filigree method is a closely | | | | Russian artworks. |
| guarded secret kept by the few highly talented | | | | |