Islamic Silver Necklace with Niello work plaques, c1930
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| Total Amount: | £49.60 |
| Number of Bids: | 6 |
| Location: | United Kingdom |
| Highest Bidder: | User 1223 |
| Auction Start: | 01/03/25 19:25:00 UTC |
| Auction Ending: | 15/03/25 20:32:00 UTC |
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Islamic Silver Necklace with Niello work plaques, c1930
This is an interesting silver necklace, probably made in Turkey in the mid twentieth century. Four strands of wheat chain join seven circular plaques and terminate in a push pin clasp. The faces of the plaques are decorated with fleur-de-lis and scrolling foliage in a clover leaf format on a black ground and the square reverses are all stamped ‘925’. Similar decoration appears on the clasp.The technique used is that of ‘niello’ work. (The word derives either from the classical Latin word ‘nigellum’ or the later mediaeval words ‘nigello’ or ‘neelo’.) Niello is a black mixture, usually of sulphur, copper, silver, and lead and used as an inlay on engraved or etched metal, especially silver. Added as a paste, it hardens to a black colour after firing and is then polished. Here it is the ground that formed from niello while the design shows though in silver, a less common version.
There is much skill in the craftsmanship here and the result is a piece of classic and timeless simplicity.
| Size: | 43 cm long, discs measure 11.3 mm |
| Weight: | 36 grams |
| Date: | 1930 |
| Condition: | Very good condition, some rubbing to the niello work as is commensurate with its age. |
| Estimate: | £60 – 80 |
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