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Bracelet

1860-1870 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

This bracelet comes from Wallachia, in the northern Balkans between Romania and Bulgaria. Much of the traditional jewellery from Wallachia has a Central European character, but this bracelet is Ottoman in design and use. Bracelets were not worn as part of traditional dress anywhere in Europe outside the Balkans. The flat band of plaited wire, and the ogival points on the sheet silver ends, can be found on bracelets and belts throughout the eastern Mediterranean area, in those regions which were once part of the Ottoman Empire.

It was bought for ten shillings at the International Exhibition, London, 1872.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
A band of woven silver wire with sheet silver terminals
Brief description
Bracelet of interwoven silver wire with sheet silver terminals and pin fastening, Wallachia (Romania), 19th century.
Physical description
Silver bracelet, consisting of a strip of flat interlocking wire, with an ogival terminal of sheet silver at each end. It has a pin fastening, with the pin made of doubled wire which is secured by a bar inside the loop, so that it cannot fall out and be lost.
Dimensions
  • Length: 160mm
  • Width: 26mm
  • Depth: 5mm
Summary
This bracelet comes from Wallachia, in the northern Balkans between Romania and Bulgaria. Much of the traditional jewellery from Wallachia has a Central European character, but this bracelet is Ottoman in design and use. Bracelets were not worn as part of traditional dress anywhere in Europe outside the Balkans. The flat band of plaited wire, and the ogival points on the sheet silver ends, can be found on bracelets and belts throughout the eastern Mediterranean area, in those regions which were once part of the Ottoman Empire.

It was bought for ten shillings at the International Exhibition, London, 1872.
Collection
Accession number
1295-1873

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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