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After all the stunning old jewellery we have seen in the past days, here is something more recent. All the same, I am still at loss where these pieces are from. The gilded ones described as "Middle East", the other two as 19th century Persian (but I really doubt that they are that old). I wonder wether they might be from Turkey? Any thoughts would be highly appreciated.
I think these are contemporary and from Turkey.
Betty, I've just realised what the ones on the extreme left and extreme right reminded me of. They have the colours of old Persian tiles but they could have been made elsewhere.
Thanks Patricia and Thelma for your comments. Yes, these pieces are definitely not old. There is a Turkish silversmith who used to make very similar pendants and earrings..., but I also found a very similar pendant (different shape but same colours, granulation etc) as a focal of a neckless labelled "Uzbek" :
http://www.halter-ethnic.com/nosnecklaces.php?lang=en&prdid=500...
Other than than I found it hard to find other references.
You are right about the contemporary Uzbek pendants -- I used to peruse ebay looking for older Uzbek pieces ( which are increasingly hard to find) and I would always come across very lovely new pieces which advertised as being from Turkey.