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the cabachons are too perfect and the glass used is probably similar to the glass used to make those moroccan copper lanterns
Very high skills. Not new but not antique either
thoughts re enamel.......................
In my current experience ( things change constantly!!) the colour and quality of the enamelling here is unlike any which I have seen in more recent pieces.... The repro( faked) faux enamellings I have seen have a muddy quality.. The glassy-ness of the finish is missing on the faked things.
Also the recent enamelling and to date in my experience the faked use crushed seed beads to create the enamel. This gives us certain peramiters...to be jewel detectives!!
The colours of chinese seed beads does not offer the original colour pallette of the original Berber silversmiths..
...also the chemical composition of the seed beads has changed . Originally for instance gold would be used to pigment red glass now it is a chemical which creates the colour.. The chemicals do not react in same way when used to make 'cloissionne' as the original components of early Venetian glass beads.......By understanding the processes and the ingredients we can look for clues......
Warm wishes
S x
Interesting feedback on the subject of the glass cabachons.
I have studied glass in itself for sometime. In my opinion the colour and the quality of the glass here would put it in the era of 1930 ish by 1950 the cadmium use had changed the colour and the quality of the glass..
The study of Venetian beads through time can be a wonderful way to observe the changes in glass compostions and colour shades through time.
Sx
http://www.picardbeads.com/pubs.html#vol6
These books are very useful on the subject of the evolution of glass.
http://www.beadsociety.org.uk/index.htm
joining the bead society is also a great idea.
Yes i ma ok with your conclusions sarah, that is why i said it is not new but it is not antique either, somewhere around mid 20th century wich is very fine and that fits with your glass information
Yes I would put this in the realms of 1930 - 1940 too
Thanks for collaborating on this piece Ayis...It is a pleasure to share ideas with you.
Sx
Agreed, Sarah and Ayis - see this the same way.
This is sublime, that blue enamel always does it for me-- is this the headdress from Taroudaunt?
Yes this is the piece we saw in Tarroudant.
S x
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