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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Dear Lynn; This is a real beauty! I love the colored stones (such a nice contrast to the silver), beads and the silver work around the coins. It must look stunning in reality. Congratulations. Peter
Again these are pretty rare in commerce, luck you found it!
Thank you Linda! I loved your photo so much on pinterest; as a result, I had to have these pendants when I saw them. Do you know anything about the people who wore them and how they were used?
I have since read a book, "Hungarian Folk Jewelry" which IDs these pendants as the work of Jozsef Fellner, a silversmith from Baja Hungary in the 1910s. These were worn with Hungarian folk costumes.
good detective work, it's a really great piece. I love folk jewelry from these regions. When I was in college I purchased a book called Primitive and Folk Jewelry by Gerlach Dover press. It has a lot of issues with miss attribution however it is worth owning in that it shows all these collections from museums that are of early acquisition and so it really opened my eyes up at an early age to many types of ornaments. i really learned from it as well also know enough now to know when things were mislabeled. It is particularly strong in European folk pieces .
Thank you so much Linda. I love this necklace. I just bought the book you recommended which is available for hardly anything on Amazon.com.
Splendid, Lynn. This one is in remarkably good condition and must be great to wear. We don't often get to see folk jewellery from Hungary and I love the contrasts in the piece and the way the coins have been decorated.
Linda, I bought the book you recommended and it is wonderful with many jewels I have not seen photographed before. Do I understand correctly that all of the photographic plates are from 1906, hence reliably dating the piece to 19th century or earlier? Thank you so much for the recommendation.
Thelma, thank you for your kind comments. This is a stunning piece to wear and never fail to get compliments.
I'm not sure when the photos were taken as I had not looked .. good question . The museums are vast and all over the world but i can tell from the photos that many are ancient to 17th and 18th c some later most are very early. There is jewelry from the Vikings and other ancient cultures as well as Byzantine pieces. If that book dates to that time then yes all would be before that date.
This is a really beautiful necklace. Congratulations.