Necklance Formed of Eight Dress Ornaments with Eight Links ca. 1600 (with 19th century additions) Probably Transylvania This necklace was assembled, probably in the nineteenth century, from eight clothing ornaments dating to the early seventeenth century. The prevalence of these ornaments, called boglar, in sixteenth and seventeenth-century inventories of Hungarian women, suggests that they were relatively inexpensive, a theory supported by the minimal use of precious metal. The jewels were frequently marked on the back, presumably by the maker, with initials; in the case of the present exampl
Necklance Formed of Eight Dress Ornaments with Eight Links ca. 1600 (with 19th century additions) Probably Transylvania This necklace was assembled, probably in the nineteenth century, from eight clothing ornaments dating to the early seventeenth century. The prevalence of these ornaments, called boglar, in sixteenth and seventeenth-century inventories of Hungarian women, suggests that they were relatively inexpensive, a theory supported by the minimal use of precious metal. The jewels were frequently marked on the back, presumably by the maker, with initials; in the case of the present example, “AVB.”. Necklance Formed of Eight Dress Ornaments with Eight Links. Probably Transylvania , or possibly South German or Vienna. probably Transylvanian, possibly South German or Vienna. ca. 1600 (with 19th century additions). Gold, enamel, rubies, pearls
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