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  Alaa eddine SAGID January 3, 2014 at 4:42pm

  Definetely Ottoman!

  But the way the three chains linking the carnelian pendants are made, remind me of some jewels from the Levant, namely Syria!

  NIce filgree
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  Frankie Carter January 3, 2014 at 6:21pm

  Now that`s a funny thing - the way the three dangles drop from a central worked piece had put me in mind of Ottoman. But I thought the work didn`t look like Ottoman somehow. However I know almost nothing about Levantine jewellery. To come from Syria seems much more interesting to me than India or Afghanistan.

  Many thanks, as usual!
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  Toya January 3, 2014 at 6:43pm

  Beautiful and unusual pendant.
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  Frankie Carter January 3, 2014 at 7:07pm

  Thanks both Toya and Ayis. For some strange reason it was described as being gold tone and was inappropriately suspended from one of those bendy neckrings.
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  Ishvara Dhyan January 22, 2014 at 9:54pm

  Not Indian
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  SARAH CORBETT January 23, 2014 at 12:13am

  I agree with the Levant .
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  Frankie Carter January 23, 2014 at 12:16am

  Having done a bit more research into Levantine styles now, so do I.

  Though it seems quite common to see similar items described as Indian or Persian influenced. I`m glad to have had the oppotunity to learn otherwise.
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  Cordelia Donohoe January 23, 2014 at 12:47am

  Funny Ive much of the evening looking at another piece of jewellery which has twisted wire on the dangles and it seems that is a Rajasthani thing although here in this piece the twists are much much finer. The delicacy of the whole piece is intriguing.  I take on board the comments regarding the Levant.
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  ann January 23, 2014 at 5:08am

  Frankie, the carnelian looks new and has been added and pushed up into the silver caps?

  Very nice too.
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  Frankie Carter January 23, 2014 at 9:07am

  Ann, I did myself have a good look at the carnelian`s shininess with interest. The beads do indeed look fairly pristine. The are suspended via a wire through the caps onto the rest of the piece - you can just see one in the central piece. But what that indicates I`m not sure but possibly a later replacement.

  Cordelia, any chance of showing a photo of your item? I think twisted wire on dangles is a fairly common way of doing them though.