Featured indian silver jewelry items

hi guys

bought these today, the guy i bought them off said they were indian silver, he was asking £10 for the lot so thought it was worth a gamble as it looked quite well made

i take it indian silver is not quite sterling

quite a good weight to the hand thingamejig.

hasnt been cleaned yet

appreciate ill have to test for content, but does it look right for indian silver ?
any thoughts appreciated

 

Nice set, Charlie. Probably 1960s-70s.

Indian silver can be anything from below .500 to 1000, so 100% silver. Sterling is .925. My guess is these are between .600 and .800.
But the fineness doesn't really matter in this case, the people who buy them like the ethnic look. Not really collectors of ethnic jewellery, but the Boho/post-Hippie crowd. Here they call it Ibiza style, anything that is popular in Ibiza.

(For the people across the pond, Ibiza is a Spanish holiday island made popular by artists.)

 

thanks Aj, gotta be worth a tenner right ?

i dont suppose you know what the hand thing is called ?

 

2-3 tenners maybe?

Uhm, bracelet with connected ring? I always liked them, but never wore them.

 

i stumped Aj, now that is a first !!

 

Forgot to add, made in Rajasthan, NW India.

 

They are beautiful !! .. VERY nice indeed Charlie !!! ... Joy.

 

good eye , Charlie !!!!!!!

 

thanks joy

 

thanks buddy

 

I think they are called slave bracelets.

 

Awful name but I do agree with Marie, I remember them ... Joy.

 

Overhere slave bracelet is the name for a bangle. I always hated that word.

 

Me too AJ !! ... Joy.

 

Yeppers - slave bracelet. So-called because the ring is chained, or "slaved", to the bracelet. They never had any connection to a living slave; it's just a quirk of the English language.

 

And other things........usually young British people on the sauce.

 

That was after it was made popular by the artists.
The behaviour of young British tourists anywhere is even worse than that of young Dutch tourists. And that's saying a lot!

 

Hippy dippy jools indeed. And yes, the slave is because the ring is in thrall.

 

Sadly, (and being British this pains me to say) I fear you are right.