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Great to see this fine piece again, Angelo - and the right way round, with the ring at the bottom. Your posts are always worth looking at!
Lovely piece Angelo. The 'sister' piece of this apron clasp is posted on Pinterest.
Very interesting, ZambeziCocktail, and thanks for posting. Interesting to compare. Aesthetically I prefer Angelo's.
Joost, just so that I understand correctly, you prefer it since it has been polished up so it is nice and shiny. The two pieces are soo similar, that if it is not this, can you perhaps expand on what you find more aesthetically pleasing.
Thank you for your question, ZambeziCocktail. Just going by the pieces as photographed, the decoration on Angelo's example seems to me more sharply delineated and more precise and elaborate. But perhaps more importantly, I don't like the repair at the bottom centre of the Pinterest piece, which looks like a blob of a different metal, and as such "takes away" something from the piece: it is not in as good a condition. That is not to say it is not worth having. The question as to which piece has been polished more would not, as such, much interest me. I am well used to seeing unpolished pieces, and my wife and I have bought many of them. I know how to polish things up, so an unpolished piece would not deter me from buying. On the "plus" side for the Pinterest piece I would add that it looks - again, on the photos - as though it could be the earlier of the two. Hope that I am not sounding unfair!
Thanks for the response Joost. Just to put this image into context, I uploaded purely for the purpose of cross reference for Angelo (as I thought it might interest him) The piece does not belong to me, so I have no vested interest in it. It was uploaded by Betty Lo, to what appears to have been a response to a question asked by a fellow pinner as to how these apron clasps were attached to the apron / belt. Betty has created some wonderful boards on Pinterest, with many pieces Tibetan and Mongolian pieces, from private collections. Might be of interest to you.
Thank you again, ZambezicCocktail. I did understand that you uploaded the photo for the purpose of cross reference, and I was very glad to see another example. I did not assume the piece was yours. I am particularly grateful to find - in this latest post by you - the reference to Betty Lo. Pinterest is truly vast, and I had not come across her name, so thanks so much for drawing attention to her work (for work it is ...). Her boards will unquestionably be of interest to me!
Just to follow up, ZambeziCocktail: I have just identified the "right" Betty Low on Pinterest, and am impressed by the number and nature of her posts. Thanks so much for the reference!!
What do you mean the "right" Betty Low. I provided a correct link to this person's pinterest account in my message to you, neither did I misspell her Pinterest name~ as her account runs under Betty Lo and not Betty Low as you have indicated. Having had a look at her url, it is not low either there as it is bettyloyanyan.
Sorry, ZambeziCocktail: I did not imply ANY criticism of you!! I overlooked your quite active and helpful refererence to "Betty Lo", on which I should have clicked, and - in ignorance - then I found more than one Betty Lo on Pinterest. Subsequently I misspelled the name as "Low". That is all that happened - two hasty mistakes on my part, nothing less and nothing more. I do apologise for failing to realise that I could have clicked on your link, not taking in the fact that it WAS a link. You seem to be under some misapprehension that I mean or meant to crititicise you - that is the exact opposite of my position, for I greatly appreciate your posts!!
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