Clasp
Clasp
1800-1899 (made)
1800-1899 (made)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
In the Balkans, women usually fastened their clothing with hooks, rather than buttons or bows. This clasp, decorated on the front with filigree and coloured pastes, has two sharp hooks on its back. It would have been used to hold the two sides of a jacket together. It was bought on the Island of Nios, but similar clasps were worn throughout Greece and the southern Balkans.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | Clasp (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Sheet silver with silver-gilt filigree overlay set with red and turquoise pastes |
| Brief description | Oval silver clasp with silver-gilt filigree decoration and coloured pastes, Nios (Greece), 1800-1899. |
| Physical description | Clasp, consisting of a flat oval silver plaque with a silver-gilt filigree appliqué attached by copper nails. There are five coloured glass insets arranged in a cross pattern on the filigree - a vertical row of three red beads flanked on either side by a turquoise paste. On the back there is a sharp hook at each side, and two small loops at the top. |
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| Style | |
| Credit line | Given by Walter Child |
| Summary | In the Balkans, women usually fastened their clothing with hooks, rather than buttons or bows. This clasp, decorated on the front with filigree and coloured pastes, has two sharp hooks on its back. It would have been used to hold the two sides of a jacket together. It was bought on the Island of Nios, but similar clasps were worn throughout Greece and the southern Balkans. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | M.141-1909 |
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| Record created | April 1, 2003 |
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