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    Antique Yemen Silver Bawsani Filigree Amulet Necklace with Prayers

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    on 03-16-2013 at 02:11 PM (Crafts of the Past)
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    This magnificent old Yemen silver filigree necklace still contains the tiny booklet of prayers and blessings that it was meant to contain. The top panel slides and allows the book to be removed if the owner wishes to do so. I have never touched the sheaf of bound papers on which the blessings are written. I have only looked
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    Antique Gilded Silver Yemen Wedding Necklace Amulets Granulated Beads

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    on 02-15-2012 at 07:03 PM (Crafts of the Past)
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    Antique Gilded Silver Yemen Wedding Necklace Amulets Granulated Beads and Many Fertility Symbols

    This is an antique gilded silver wedding necklace worn by a woman in Yemen in the early nineteen hundreds. It probably belonged to a woman whose family could afford the extra cost of apply a gold wash to all parts of this piece except the handmade chain that passes
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    Antique Yemen Silver Ring Two Fingered Granulation Bridal Dowry

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    on 02-09-2012 at 07:32 AM (Crafts of the Past)
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    This is a traditional ring seen on the hands of brides in old photographs. Granulation and beaded wire decorate the amuletic round boxes that rattle when moved. They are hollow containers for seeds or small stones whose significance is not explained by the curators of the collections of Yemen Jewish silver jewelry of the period.

    The wedding jewelry as
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    Antique Silver Bracelet Yemen Maker Signed Makers Mark

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    on 01-17-2012 at 09:51 AM (Crafts of the Past)
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    Antique signed bracelet by the Yemen Jewish silversmith. Granulation and beaded wire form geometric motifs round the bracelet. The covering for the hasp is more delicate tracery with filigree wire and tiny granules. The signature is just on the inside of the fastener. If you cannot see it, request an enlargement of that part of the photo if you are considering a purchase.
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    Antique Gilded Silver Turkoman Turkmen Asik circa Nineteen Hundred

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    on 01-03-2012 at 02:49 PM (Crafts of the Past)
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    The tripartite Turkoman Turkmen Asik in gilded silver decorated with table cut carnelians and hung on its original leather cord represents the family: father, mother and child.
    This piece is known as gosa-asyk. The traditional design is an alignment of three plaques suggestive of heart shapes to Western mindsets or representing parts of female bodies in the Turkoman mindset.
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