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A second view of a rare anklet of the 1900 ( should be one of a set) part of the dowry of an Highlander mostly,Amhara nobility. High silver and beautifully guilded in a refined swirl pattern (rareely done, sometimes also on a view pendants).
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  • Rare and beautiful pieces, Ingrid! I love the unusual swirly pattern...

  • Thank you Betty. a pity I have only one. The bells of this one are complete. I just pushed them inside to show up the swirls.

  • Fantastic piece Ingrid

    Do you have any idea on how the swirls were executed?

  • Hi Alaa eddine Sagid, I do not know, The swirls are very uniform and perfectly executed. This type of work is not seen in later work.  I do have more pieces with this type of work .  But as i am not organized right now, I will have to get back to you some days later.  Gr. Ingrid.

  • This is gorgeous Ingrid. I just love the pattern! Congratulations. Peter
  • No problem Ingrid, take your time.

    It is just that these swirls are so neat and perfectly executed, i am not surprised this technique was lost for it would have been time and skill consuming!

  • Thank you Peter. Wouldn't it have been great if I had the set of this beauty anklet? Gr. Ingrid.

  • Very interesting style and indeed very detailed swirl pattern which was done is great perfection... First time for me to see such fancy patterns in old silver...Congratulations on this fancy find.. Thanks for posting it.

  • Thank you for featuring this anklet from Ethiopia. Gr. Ingrid.

  • An exceptionally beautiful, rare, and old anklet.  I like the little touch of Ottoman influence that it shows, but the soul is Ethiopian.  A similar style of anklet is in the V&A from the 1860s, from the estate of Queen Woyzaro Terunesh (a very sad story.)  The difference is that the body of those anklets is filigreed rather than engraved.  I like yours better! 

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