Author
Unknown
Publication Date
1850
Publication Place
Yemen (made) -
Subject
Jewellery Metalwork
Type
Other
Language
Undetermined
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Physical Dimensions
Diameter: 7cm
Library
Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID
M.297-1910
Record ID
M.297-1910
Library Location
Middle East Section
Date
1850
Notes
In the 19th century, until their final exodus to Israel in the 1950s, Jewish goldsmiths made most of the silver jewellery in the Yemen. They were particularly renowned for the quality of their filigree work, which was worn and appreciated as much by Muslim as by Jewish women. This bracelet would originally have been part of a pair, one worn on each arm.
Malzemeler ve teknikler
Silver with applied filigree decoration Silver Filigree
Fiziksel açıklama
Two-part silver bracelet with applied filigree decoration. Each part consists of a stiff hollow segment, flat on the inside and curved on the front (giving it a D-shaped section), and shaped like half a circle. The outside face of each part is decorated with three horizontal rows of coil rings, separated and bordered by strips of beaded and twisted wire. The two parts are the same size, and are hinged together at one end, with tubes made of coiled wire. At the other end there is a similar screw fastening. The screw is made from a rod of silver, with a wire wound round it anti-clockwise to form the thread, so that the screw unfastens by turning it to the right. There is a lozenge attached over the front of the fastening, decorated with nine cylinders of coiled wire which may originally have held gems. There is a small pyramid of granules on the top of the screw.
