Silver Armenian necklace, Some of the parts of the necklace seem to have been gilded. Inset with red and green glass beads. Each pendant was worked with filigree and granulation and all of them end up in Ottoman coins. Tugra seal hallmarks are stamped on all the elements.
From the 19th century or early 20th, in very good condition, no elements missing.
Provenance: European private collection.
Dimensions:
Total length with chains: 44 cm
Length without chains: 21 cm
Width: 12 cm
Weight: 158,8 gr
Literature:
“Museum of the ethnography of the peoples of the USSR”, Aurora Art Publishers, Leningrad, 1988, p. 83
“Armenian women’s adornments in the 18th-20th centúries”, Israellyan, Astghik, National Museum, Yerevan, 2021, p. 155
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