Clasp
Clasp
1800-1900 (made)
1800-1900 (made)
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| Place of origin |
This clasp was described as from the Yemen district of Arabia when it was acquired by the Museum, among a group of eastern jewellery, in 1910. This was probably a slip of the pen. Although most of the pieces in the group are Yemeni, the piece immediately before this was described as from the neighbourhood of Bukhara in Turkestan, and this clasp also is much more likely to be from Bukhara than from the Yemen. The shape of the clasp, the floral repoussé patterns, and the use of pave-set turquoises are all characteristic of Uzbek jewellery.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | Clasp (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Sheet silver, pavé set with turquoises, with a raised repousse section, a yellow paste, and coral beads |
| Brief description | Silver clasp set with turquoises and a yellow paste, with coral pendants, Bukhara (Uzbekistan), 1800-1900. |
| Physical description | Small two-part clasp with a hook on one part, and a corresponding loop on the other. Each part is covered with small cabochon turquoises, apart from a raised centre, shaped like a drop, which is decorated with a repousse floral pattern. There are five loops round the sides and ends of each part. The two on the lower edge each have a pendant of coral beads and silver wire. There is a piece of yellow glass set over the hook. |
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| Summary | This clasp was described as from the Yemen district of Arabia when it was acquired by the Museum, among a group of eastern jewellery, in 1910. This was probably a slip of the pen. Although most of the pieces in the group are Yemeni, the piece immediately before this was described as from the neighbourhood of Bukhara in Turkestan, and this clasp also is much more likely to be from Bukhara than from the Yemen. The shape of the clasp, the floral repoussé patterns, and the use of pave-set turquoises are all characteristic of Uzbek jewellery. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | M.295-1910 |
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| Record created | April 2, 2003 |
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