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Mystery piece

Posted by Ethnic Embellishments on October 18, 2011 at 6:08am
Here is a mystery piece to test your knowledge! I know where it's from and will post the answer in a couple of days. The piece is silver and the cabochon is an old, faceted glass piece.
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  • Carla Alicata October 18, 2011 at 7:37am
    mexico
  • Eva Baby October 18, 2011 at 1:14pm
    I have no idea, but I am interested in knowing the riddle's solution... so I will keep looking in the next days...
  • Chantal October 18, 2011 at 1:44pm

    hi Hillary,.

    no idea, the peacock is confusing me...........cannot wait for the solution! Carla mentions Mexico.Do they have hands of Fatma in Mexico?   Put us out of our misery!

  • Edith D October 18, 2011 at 2:53pm
    I have no idea, but it is very pretty...is it a hat pin???
  • Toya October 18, 2011 at 4:55pm
    Peru-shawl pin?
  • Suzan Kaplan October 18, 2011 at 8:57pm
    Maybe Iran, Persia?
  • Eva Baby October 18, 2011 at 9:17pm
    could be Iran, as Suzan said... because of the peacock (peacock throne of the Pahlavi dynasty), and the hamza for Islam ? I am really curious about the solution!
  • Ethnic Embellishments October 18, 2011 at 9:24pm
    Some excellent guesses!  This is an antique shawl pin from Guatemala.  The hand/ hamsa motif is also common in Mexican jewelry and is probably a through-back to hamsas from Andalusia, Spain.  Thank you all!
  • Suzan Kaplan October 18, 2011 at 9:56pm
    That was fun! It's interesting the way Andalusian designs are found in both North Africa and Latin America. My favorite example is of a Mexican restaurant in San Francisco that had beautiful tile work and interior arches and now, with little change, works perfectly as a Moroccan restaurant.
  • Ethnic Embellishments October 18, 2011 at 11:04pm
    I thought it would be fun to place this piece based on motifs.  Glass cabochons are used from the Americas to Europe, Africa, and Asia, especially in reds and greens.
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