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Thanx peter. Yess we have been discussing this with friends on facebook and got to the conclusion that it is greek. Zambezi cocktail and i even found some photographic evidence and we settled on a generic name to label it: COAT BUCKLE

I unfortunately decided against purchasing it as it was exceeding my budget, but i could tell you that the way i discovered it, it was lying under piles of manuscripts and other trinkets, i am pretty sure if i change my mind, i could come back and grab it.

i usually buy and deal only mostly in silver items because i like the metal itself, but surprisingly enough it was the bronze (copper) base of this buckle that make it so much attractive to me, and so dense and heavy, not talking about the silver filigree.

Eventually, we all discovered that BIR's "jewellery of the orient", has got one number 29 and places it in Greece...Of course its occurence elsewhere in neighbouring Macedonia would not surprise me at all.

A couple of pictures: first of a dress reconstruction and second from An Ioanina based Museue, Epirus, Greece

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Peter Hoesli February 24, 2016 at 12:13am

Dear Alaa; WOW, this is STUNNING!!! What a great find. I believe that this is originating from Greece or Macedonia and was most probably sewn onto a vest. Did you buy it? Please say yes!! Congratulations, this is extraordinary! Peter
Alaa eddine SAGID February 24, 2016 at 12:34am

Thanx peter. Yess we have been discussing this with friends on facebook and got to the conclusion that it is greek. Zambezi cocktail and i even found some photographic evidence and we settled on a generic name to label it: COAT BUCKLE

I unfortunately decided against purchasing it as it was exceeding my budget, but i could tell you that the way i discovered it, it was lying under piles of manuscripts and other trinkets, i am pretty sure if i change my mind, i could come back and grab it.

i usually buy and deal only mostly in silver items because i like the metal itself, but surprisingly enough it was the bronze (copper) base of this buckle that make it so much attractive to me, and so dense and heavy, not talking about the silver filigree.

Eventually, we all discovered that BIR's "jewellery of the orient", has got one number 29 and places it in Greece...Of course its occurence elsewhere in neighbouring Macedonia would not surprise me at all.

A couple of pictures: first of a dress reconstruction and second from An Ioanina based Museue, Epirus, Greece

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