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Hello Peter,
In my experience, which stretches from 1985 to 2003, the best place* to find these late-Ottoman watch chains were the not-yet-fancy antique sellers in Ankara. Most of their modest shops are (were?) situated in the old commercial district (called ‘Samanpazarı’), on the southwestern slopes of the castle (in the triangle formed by the Çıkrıkçılar Yokuşu and the Atpazarı Yokuşu).
* = the supply was considerable, and the prices reasonable. Kind regards, JM.
I love these watch chains very much. Do you perhaps know what the shape of the pendant symbolizes?
To Betty: No, alas, I don't have any idea... I bought several of these (most of them sold to the Ethnographic Museum of Antwerpen), but none of the sellers ever said anything special about the shape of the pendants. So, this question stays open...
Kind regards, JM.