Alina Blossom vermeil lapis drop earrings

Silver, vermeil and lapis

These stylish and intricate silver vermeil earrings are inspired by the blossom motifs found on Afghan embroidery.

Afghanistan was the source of lapis lazuli for the ancient Egyptian and Mesopotamian civilizations, as well as the later Greeks and Romans.The best lapis lazuli is found in Badakhshan province in north-eastern Afghanistan and has been used for millennia in jewellery. The word lazuli is derived ultimately from the Persian lazhward, the name of a place where it was mined and which came to be associated with the stone and, eventually, with its colour.