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Cute Brass colt earrings were made in Ukraine.
Colt's earrings come from the typical Slavic temple jewellery, which were hung from the headdress on a ribbon or metal links - abundant. The dialect name of the earrings comes from the word kolta - "gulps".
Colts were especially common in the 11th and 13th centuries among the wealthy urban population of ancient Rus-Ukraine. The art of making colts using partitioned enamel, black and granulation, reached perfection in Kyiv and Galicia. The body of the colt was made using the casting technique. They were decorated with openwork patterns - enamel, scanning and filigree. Often, the images on the surface of the colts reproduced pagan motifs or birds, and later, the faces of Christian saints.

The handmade ukrainian earrings were made of brass by casting, engraving and toning, size 25x40 mm (1"x1.6"). The weight of one earring is about 4.5 g