Silver Tooled Box

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Silver Tooled Box

Posted by Kathleen McCabe-Elsey on April 9, 2010 at 4:17pm

Afghanistan? The Center is Red Glass

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Stefany Tomalin April 9, 2010 at 10:52pm

This pendant might be from Afghanistan. What is the metal, and is it sealing wax in the middle?
Kathleen McCabe-Elsey April 9, 2010 at 11:41pm

It looks smiliar to the Rashida womens pieces.
Kathleen McCabe-Elsey September 6, 2010 at 8:07pm

Hi Stefany, I see I never answered your questions, the cent is red glass, I think it is coin or less than sterling.
ingrid Langerak January 5, 2014 at 9:58pm

A bit late on the date, but like you wrote yourself Kathleen, this box has all the caracteristics of being tooled in Ethiopia. including the red glass, sometimes a piece of bycicle light. The bells with the tooled eyes, also the chain is from the Harrar (lovely solid). The flat granulate. A great solid piece and it looks for Ethiopia good coin (Maria Theresa) silver. mostly comes to about 700/1000 They mix the coin with copper ( this comes from the time when the first Maria Theresa Thalers used to be sterling silver instead of the later mint of 800/1000 .

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