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  Marie-Ange July 26, 2011 at 3:01pm

  Soooooo beautiful!!  you collected the very best items ever seen!!
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  Linda Pastorino July 26, 2011 at 3:10pm

  Thanks but actually I have mostly sold the best items.  I can not post most of the best things as they are from one particular collection. I have most of the images in transparencies.  I managed to keep a few really nice examples of certain groups I sold alot of.  I love this enamel group of jewelry.
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  Marie-Ange July 26, 2011 at 3:28pm

  I guess jewelry always comes down with personal taste, some like it big and bold and others small and simple.  Just keep some of them for yourself if you can.
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  Linda Pastorino July 26, 2011 at 3:32pm

  most of my clients like big and bold since that's what I have and like. I'm not much for more delicate stuff or smaller size things.
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  Marie-Ange July 26, 2011 at 3:36pm

  Guess that's why I just love all your items.....plus they are very special!  Looking forward to my new necklace already!
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  Joost Daalder July 28, 2011 at 12:46am

  I would think that if the other - rather more flamboyant - pair is Uzbekistan, then these are two. I personally find these "easier" on the eye, and remember I have by now seen them several times and enjoyed them: also posted them on FB when I placed a  whole swag of your pieces there, quite some time ago, using photos you sent me. The others are "richer", but also "busier", and to me a bit overpowering - again, I have to stress that this is a personal thing. These fully do please me. And I do thank you for your plentiful posting!
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  Joost Daalder July 28, 2011 at 12:49am

  I should explain that I have nothing against big and bold things, by the way - far from it. It is more a matter of how things are done, no matter whether they are big or small. And in many cases, Linda, I like the same big and bold things as you. In some cases, your taste veers rather more towards the "baroque" (that's probably the best catch-all word) than mine. And this may ultimately even be a cultural difference, in terms of our origins, than just a personal matter. Hard to say. But it is an observable difference. We would agree, I think, in no less than 80% of cases on what we find beautiful - probably even more!
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  Joost Daalder July 30, 2011 at 3:30pm

  I now think that these are almost certainly Russian, made for clients in Bukhara.
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  Joost Daalder March 11, 2012 at 7:42am

  Ah, I see that by July 2011 I had arrived at what I now think is pretty much the right conclusion. These were, I think, likely enough made in Russia itself, but the Caucasus is certainly also a possibility. I think they MAY have been made for clients in Bukhara but am no longer sure of that, even. In other words, I think it is possible that these have nothing whatever to do with Uzbekistan/Bukhara at all.
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  Linda Pastorino March 11, 2012 at 7:54am

  I don't know yet where these were made or worn but I have not to date seen one photo of anyone in any old photos with them. and or no books on any Caucasian jewelry have this style shape. Remember there is a bump group that is the same as this with the same granulated surface as the belt and ring posted. I think this shape was made with differing surfaces but used and worn where is still a mystery.  I have not seen in even places like Kazan and Tartar areas where again Russan enameling on jewelry was used. again different shapes on bracelets and palette of colors differed.