A digital archive showcasing the extensive collection of jewellery and adornment images shared on the former Ethnic Jewels Ning site over the years. These images have significantly enriched discussions on cultural adornment and its global dispersion.
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Splendid Howah.
Wonderful piece! The flower design is very fine. Is it for women or men?
great item! beauty!
Thank you all for the praises. It's one of my favourite items in my collection. I'm actually not sure if it's all brass/pewter. The base underneath the golden top colour on the medallions is white coloured metal, but it's not silver. I'm adding 2 close up photos.
@ Johanne: the seller of a similar belt has done quite some research on these belts and claims it's a belt for noblemen. Please follow the internet link in my description for more information from that person, it's quite interesting and he has more examples of this type of belt.
Just my "cup of tea"! Very lovely.
Excellent belt, howah. It is similar not only to the Trocadero belt (which I had also looked at) but also to this one which Truus and I own: http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10151362470668049&set=a..... Yours is more "luxurious", however. Interestingly, these are beautiful and early, but no precious materials of any kind seem to have been used in their manufacture. And yes, they were made in Hungary, but also Poland: I gather that a number came to Poland from Hungary but that the Poles also made some themselves.
I hadn't read posts below before I wrote! Will check the link you mention. My info (and I remember spending a lot of time confirming Linda's view that these were Hungarian!) was of a similar kind to what you mention below. These are not frequently found, but they can definitely be identified. Do look at our Facebook example - both different and the same, but similar rather than different. Pewter is one of the components used in the decoration, in our case. And indeed there is no silver of any kind. The beauty lies in the handling, not the materials.
I have now posted Truus's and my belt here on ethnic jewels, and have shared the image with you, howah. The similarities and differences are most interesting.
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