Featured Art deco brass and glass bead bracelet?

Discussion in 'Jewelry' started by mekanah18, Nov 22, 2023.

  1. mekanah18

    mekanah18 Active Member

    I've never come across this before. It's a beautiful brass filigree and molded glass or faux coral bead bracelet. The clasp is a pin slide that appears to be handmade. I'm getting an art deco 1920s-30s vibe. Possibly Egyptian revival? Am I way off? image.jpeg image.jpeg image.jpeg image.jpeg
     
  2. Bronwen

    Bronwen Well-Known Member

    You see that type of clasp on bracelets from India & from the Middle East, perhaps other places as well.
     
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  3. Ownedbybear

    Ownedbybear Well-Known Member

    You do indeed, and often Turkish, Macedonian.
     
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  4. evelyb30

    evelyb30 Well-Known Member

    I was thinking Turkish, but anywhere on the Eastern end of the Mediterranean .
     
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  5. mekanah18

    mekanah18 Active Member

    Ok. Thank you for the input. Is it as old as I think it is?
     
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  6. Bronwen

    Bronwen Well-Known Member

    How old do you think it is?
     
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  7. mekanah18

    mekanah18 Active Member

    I thought it looks quite old circa 1930s
     
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  8. Bronwen

    Bronwen Well-Known Member

    The brass looks awfully bright & shiny for something 90 years old. Afraid I think it is fairly contemporary. You can't go by style; traditions carry on.
     
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  10. komokwa

    komokwa The Truth is out there...!

    someone explain to me how that's Art Deco?
     
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  11. mekanah18

    mekanah18 Active Member

    Interesting. That seller is saying Turkish which I think we can agree on. They also say the metal is gold washed silver not brass. I'll have to test the metal on this because I'd be surprised if that's the case. 1920's-30's which is about what I thought. But the beads look molded on my bracelet and that set being offered on Rubylane so I don't agree that these are coral but rather some kind of glass or ceramic.
     
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  12. Debora

    Debora Well-Known Member

    Souvenir from Egypt. My grandmother brought back identical to this in the late 1960s. Think a matching necklace too.

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  13. Debora

    Debora Well-Known Member

    Yep. Like this. (Think this set a tad older because of earrings' screw backs.)

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  14. bluumz

    bluumz Quite Busy

    I was wondering that, too.
     
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  15. Debora

    Debora Well-Known Member

    I suspect someone used it as a online descriptor and others picked it up and repeated.

    Debora
     
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  16. Bronwen

    Bronwen Well-Known Member

    My favorite is when Egyptian jewellery made yesterday is described as Egyptian Revival. Has anyone told them they were dead?
     
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  17. komokwa

    komokwa The Truth is out there...!

    that seller is trying hard to sell.....they'll say anything!

    We're not selling anything , but instead giving away free informed opinions....

    think about that...;)
     
  18. Any Jewelry

    Any Jewelry Well-Known Member

    100% true. Egyptian ethnic jewellery, no Revival, simply ethnic, but mostly made for the tourist trade.
    Similar ones are still being made, although the older ones are nicer imo.

    I would say mekanah's is also 1960s. Brass and glass, in a lovely ethnic composition. Possibly gilding on the brass
    It isn't. It was described as such in a book by Roseann Ettinger (for reasons only known to herself), and many sellers copy her attribution.
     
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  19. Any Jewelry

    Any Jewelry Well-Known Member

    The quatrefoil connectors originated in that general area. They were probably introduced to Egypt through trade with Palestine or brought over during the Arab conquest of North Africa.

    The lovely filigree is classic North African though.

    The pin clasp is very generic, it can be found in Europe, Africa, and Asia.
    I wouldn't be surprised if it was also used in parts of Latin America at some stage.
     
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  20. evelyb30

    evelyb30 Well-Known Member

    It's a sturdy design, easily made. I wouldn't be surprised if it moved around a lot. I can picture bracelets with the clasp ending up in another part of the world, some metalsmith saying "why didn't I think of that" and into the vernacular it goes.
     
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