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This looks Turkish to me.....
It`s actually from the other side of the country but there was much interchange of styles. It has been Bulgaria`s curse and blessing that it was on the route to so many other places.
Even so, Frankie, Marie-Ange is right to see this as, even if not strictly "Turkish", at least very Ottoman in design and style. There is strong influence from more central parts of the large Ottoman empire, and those elements far outweigh any traditional "European" component here. A nice piece, by the way.
Something similar to the necklace Johanne has show recently. Maybe a little more refined but not, in my opinion, as interesting. I wonder if his necklace was ever gilded.
The Ottomans absorbed the styles of Thrace, part of which is now part oF Bulgaria.
Maybe I should host a jewellery tour while I`m in Bulgaria this coming year!
Absolutely, good idea for a tour -- is there still jewelry to be had in Bulgari?
O, I think it looks like ia real museumpiece !
I can't find traces of gilding on my necklace..There are some little spots of pink paint in the middle of some ornaments.
Yes, it`s a museum piece, but I like yours, Johanne.
Now I didn`t say anything about buying, Patti! Actually I know someone with some great Pafti he wants to sell - Ottoman - but at a price! I was thinking more of a museum tour. But I know that getting ethnic items is like breathing to you!.
Well, I like to tour museums to0 -- up to a point--small museums, short tours. I kind of had my fill of them in my youth before I had a little money to buy antiques with. I love the L'Orangerie, the Frick, the Cloisters and the small part of the Chicago Museum of Art which contains the Impressionists. The Savitsky Museum is also memorable and the Berber Museum in the Yves St. Laurent garden is spectacular, so you see Frankie, I do go to museums, occasionally, but they are only part of the fun.