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Flower of Iraq

Posted by Betty on February 20, 2015 at 3:36pm
This necklace is said to be from Iraq and certainly is not very old. Its made of metal chains and silver-plated copper. What intrigued me about it were the beads. They are made of a kind of plastic, but hand cut and with a most wonderful swirls of colour. I wonder if someone may know more about them ...
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Tags: East, Middle, base, beads, filigree, metal, plastic
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  • Betty February 20, 2015 at 4:45pm

    Thank you, Mustafa. It was mainly the beads that caught my attention. But the filigree is also nicely done. It was obviously created with great care in spite of the non-precious materials used. BTW: the bells have a really lovely tinkling sound...

  • Betty February 21, 2015 at 2:04pm

    Thanks, Rabah and Peter. Unfortunately I do not know more about it. It was sold as "Iraqi" together with a lot of other jewellery which I wasn't able to acquire. I bought it mainly because of the curious beads, which look like home-made plastic of some kind that has then been cut by hand to like gemstones (as Mustafa correctly observed). Does your Palestinan necklace have similar beads, Peter? Or have you ever seen the like before?

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