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Thanx Peter
beautiful piece!
This is a huge WOW for me!!! Congrats and if it is for sale I bet it will go very quickly. What are the flower shapes with the green stones mounted on, is it a flat gemstone like jade or is it silver?
@ Lynn
I would have loved it to be some sort of semi precious stone but it is just plain silver
Hello Alaa eddine,
I send you a picture (Antwerpen Museum of Ethnography) of a bridal costume from northwestern Anatolia (Bursa province, Keles district, Karakeçeli Yörük ethnic group), with a lot of jewelry. One item (above the large belt buckle) is a pair of small 'clasps', sewed to the red vest, that are similar to yours (but less 'heavy', which is a general characteristic of NW Anatolian jewels versus the Eastern Anatolian jewelry). These 'garment clasps' can be purely decorative (as are these ones), or can have a 'hook & eyelet'-system, which makes the clasps functional.
Best greetings, JM.
Thanx Jean-Marie,
I am more and more conviced that my piece had to be used in a similar way. As clues are building up, the Armenian provenance is pretty sure and a use a a vest clasp or at least chest adornment is very likely.