Interesting! The first thing I thought of was Turkish tulip designs, like Ottoman-style. [ATTACH]
Thanks everyone!You’ve given me some more areas to explore. I’m really pleased with how it turned out as a finished piece: [ATTACH]
Hello! I picked up this silver pendant a while ago, finally found the right partner (kyanite beads). I feel like I recognize the mark, but can't...
It says: في حفظ اللسان fii hifdh al-lisaan It's a phrase, literally means "in guarding the tongue" - to speak good things, avoid...
Yes, bottom word on there says "فاس", which is Fez. I can't make out the rest.
Looks like it could say "Misr" above the gold mark, meaning Egypt. A little blurred at the end but taken altogether that's my impression.
Unfortunately there's not enough text in the paper scraps to be able to tell, sorry.
Thanks so much, going off your comments I found both listed (separately) on a bead site as bone beads from Kenya, or at least they look like them....
Love that! I didn't know such adapters existed, that’s awesome! I just saw some moss agate beads in a store today, I like the variegated look
I picked up this necklace because I like the shape/color of the tube beads and want to repurpose. It feels like plastic - but not super-light and...
Late to the game, but the Arabic that's etched into the copper is the first verse from Surah al-Isra (17:1): سُبْحَانَ الَّذِي أَسْرَىٰ...
Hello, I don't know about age, but the text looks like a name - Ghulam Haji [al-Zaman] (last name not 100% clear in the photo, something like...
Bag didn’t seem very old, maybe the beads had been repurposed. Or maybe also not very old. They do seem terrazzo-esque, now that I’ve looked at...
Hello all, I’m not sure what the correct term for this style of bead is. They were part of a handle that was on a fancy, bejeweled handbag I got...
Actually I also already used the blue beads, I forgot they were from this batch. I found a sweet little necklace in a charity shop — child sized,...
Thanks for checking me on the terminology, I may try the experiment! I should probably stop wondering what it is and think more on how I can...
It’s a long time later, but I finally repurposed the yellow lucite beads, paired with some yellow opal barrel beads and gold spacers for a...
I know this is way old but I finally got the necklace home and in the same room as my UV light. What does it mean that it fluoresces? [ATTACH]
The script is a name, it kinda looks cut off to me: “[by] order of Hajji Sheikh Muhammad”. The first word is Urdu/Farsi, not Arabic. Both hajji...
The words say “Ministry of Knowledge/Education” in Arabic script, fwiw.
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