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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;DragonflyWink, post: 573833, member: 111&quot;]Personally, don&#039;t really see that piece as made by a Mandaean, though suppose no reason it couldn&#039;t have been - you know much, much more about ethnic jewelry than I, but to my eye, it has a sort of Bedouin look to it.&nbsp; I don&#039;t believe the author had any knowledge of Marsh Arabs, the significance of the motifs, Mandaean silver, or really considered much beyond what he knew from the 1940s dated items and one maker-marked piece shown.&nbsp; While there is useful information, the book can be frustrating, the reason I seldom think of referencing it - that pendant is on the page with other Persian pieces, though it&#039;s not identified as such, directly below it on the page is a fairly modern triangular Yemenite brooch (marked &#039;Israel Jerusalem 925&#039;), pictured with typical Siamese niello teardrop earrings apparently oddly marked &#039;Iran&#039;.&nbsp; The next page shows a bib necklace of similar construction, described as Persian, but noting, &quot;This type of jewelry was made in Turkey as well as in Europe.&quot;&nbsp; Sorry, no time right now to take pictures... </p><p><br /></p><p>~Cheryl[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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