Author
Unknown
Publication Date
1850
Publication Place
Persia (made) -
Subject
Jewellery Metalwork
Type
Other
Language
Undetermined
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Physical Dimensions
Overall length: 2.5cm
Library
Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID
423-1884
Record ID
423-1884
Library Location
Middle East Section
Date
1850
Notes
Throughout the 19th century the V&A actively purchased collections of traditional jewellery from around the world. The main purpose of this was to provide examples which would help to improve the design standards of British workers, but wherever possible the curators also recorded information about the origin and purpose of the pieces they acquired. Although these objects were often bought new at the time, many are now among the oldest surviving examples of their kind, and some are unique survivors of lost patterns of behaviour. This little gold filigree clasp was described as Persian when it was acquired by the Museum in 1884, and âused by women to fasten the veil behind the headâ. Without that information it would now be almost impossible to identify with any certainty how it was originally used or even where it was made.
Malzemeler ve teknikler
Gold filigree set with red glass Gold Paste Filigree Openwork
Fiziksel açıklama
Small two-part gold filigree clasp. Each part consists of a domed open filigree rosette, with a red paste set in a cylindrical mount in its centre. The rosette is surrounded by a border of sheet gold, decorated with applied gold filigree scrolls, with a rim of triangles made from granules. There is a bar across the back with a loop for fastening at one end and a hook and ring respectively at the other.
