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This is stunning, Lynn! You keep finding the most beautiful pieces. Congratulations!
It doesn't look like it needs too much cleaning. You might try to brush it gently with a mild detergent (or maybe some lemon juice) on a toothbrush (electrical toothbrushes are ideal in my experiences) trying to avoid the stones. Rinse and allow to dry throughly.
Dear Lynn: A truly great piece - congratulations! I agree with Betty and would not clean it much either. The way Betty described, is exactly how I am cleaning my silver jewelry. This will ensure that the patina is being retained, which gives the piece a nice character. This is really lovely Lynn! With kind regards. Peter
lovely! I am looking for historic photos of women wearing tepeliks, but these are hard to find. any suggestion Lynn?
Thank you Betty, Peter, Charlotte, and Howah for your comments and advice. Howah, I have not searched too much for historical photos but I believe that these were worn on top of small hats similar to fez. So the photos are probably labelled as Ottoman woman with hat, or possibly there are photos of the preserved antique hats. The other issue is that there are a lot of different spellings for the ornament name, the seller of this piece who is Croatian called it a "tepeliki" and I have seen at least 4 different variations. Here are photos that came up on searches for tepeliki where I think the ornaments were worn on top of hats like these:
I like this one, Lynn. How would it be connected to a hat? I see there are some triangular holes around the margins. Perhaps these were used to sew it on?
Thank you Thelma. I think you are right and it was sewn on.
Howah, I stumbled across this photo of a Bulgarian woman wearing a tepelik-type ornament:
A truly delightful piece.
A better photo after cleaning, and one of the back.
A truly lovely piece, Lynn, which has some up very well. I was intrigued by the b/w photo worn at the back of her hairdo by the woman in the b/w hairdo: that looks remarkably like and item from the minorities in SW China! This puzzles me rather ... Best wishes! - Joost
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