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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Fabulous!
I remember finding this at some local antique show when I was visiting my parents in Florida many years ago. I had no idea where it was from, had never seen one but it is of very good silver and it was huge scale so I purchased it for myself. I have never found another one but am certain in London or Paris one would come up. There is always more variety over seas and or you see rarer forms of things over seas then here in states usually.
A great piece, for sure. And rare.
Fantastic. What a beauty. This is the reason why I do like so much ethnic jewellery. The beauties these silversmith can create with limited tools and mainly their patience and skill. I have met up with Oman jewellery rather late as living in Ethiopia kept me away from other ethnic traditions. But Oman is for me the most warm, robust and not too much frills. Congratulations from me Linda. Thank you for showing.Gr. Ingrid.
I purchased this on a foray with my parents and neighbors visiting from NJ while parents lived in Florida, some local antique show that was like a big flea market. It was in the early 90's . I was so happy to find it, was not expensive , I think under 200 dollars or under 300 and i had no idea at that time where it was from. I just liked it and it was beautiful, in the days i had good cash flow so i got it and kept it. I still love it and have not seen that many like it for sale.
The experience of purchasing this shows, Linda, how your taste was "in your blood", and how right you were to act on what your "gut" told you. That is how often one makes the best purchases: by recognising the quality of what one sees even though one does not know exactly what it is. In not a few instances the sellers don't know either, and the result is an excellent purchase for the courageous buyer. I remember your showing us the very, very first piece which you bought, and it, too, still remains very good. Your eye has served you very well during your life as a huge asset.
The piece has attracted one of the very largest numbers of "LIKE" ever, well over 300, in a very short time. People do see the quality, just as you did so many years ago ...
I would have to say I take after my mom who when she was alive liked things with great quality but not having the knowledge to know about them (she didn't read much about the things she collected ) it came naturally, side by side with my dad , who read a great deal about which he was interested in, but always picked the safe, less interesting of pieces in his particular categories. My mom's items went up quite a bit in value and or are quite salable., my dad's choices either stayed the same or went down in value. I believe it's to do with intuition and ones eye and not as much about book knowledge. One can learn quality and see it when compared to other items but if one always picks out ( as the case with my dad ) the most ordinary examples, and knows the differences it then tends to fall on a person's taste rather than any knowledge in a broader sense. Each person likes what they like and it shouldn't be said that we all like the same things. But from a dealers perspective and not only a collectors eye, i take permission to talk about my own family (as they were collectors for over 60 years and did in fact vary in their ability to recognize rarity and quality) i am happy i took after my mom who picked out things with an artists eye.