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Title	Clasp
Author	Unknown (made)
Publication Date:	1850
Publication Place	Turkey (made) -
Subject	Crescent
Type	Other
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Physical Dimensions	Length: 11in, Width: 5in (Note: Measurement taken from âList of Objects in the Art Division, South Kensington Museum acquired during the Year 1884â. London: Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1885. p. 91), Height: 12cm (part 1), Width: 11cm (part 1), Height: 14cm
Library:	Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID	950:1 to 3-1884
Record ID	950:1 to 3-1884
Library Location	Middle East Section
Date	1850
Notes	This was described as âAfrican? from Cairoâ when it was acquired by the Museum in 1884. If so, it may be Egyptian, as its shape, construction and decoration are Ottoman, and Ottoman influence did not extend far along the north African coast. It is more likely that it was made elsewhere in the Ottoman Empire. Large belt buckles were the most important part of the dowry throughout the Ottoman Empire, from the Balkans to the southern Caucasus.
İlişki	Paris International Exhibition, 1878 Gaston De Saint-Maurice
Malzemeler ve teknikler	Copper double plated with silver and then gold, with filigree bosses set with red, blue, green and yellow pastes Copper Silver-Gilt Paste Filigree
Parçalar	Ornament, Ornament, Ornament
Fiziksel açıklama	Large three-part belt clasp made of copper which has been silver-plated and then gilded. The two outer parts are rectangular with the far end extended in the form of an arch. The surface is pierced and covered with filigree domes, with a red paste set in the top of the largest dome, in the centre. There are two loops on the bottom edge with a loose ring hanging from each. Two chains hang between the rings with four flat disc pendants with scalloped rims. The central part is square with a fan-shaped extension on the top edge, and a disc on the bottom. The front has a filigree dome in the centre, set with red, green and yellow pastes in a circle round a blue one on top, with smaller domes in each corner and on the two extensions. There is a loop in the centre of the bottom edge which holds a flat crescent-shaped pendant set with a blue paste. There are loops fastened to the inside edges of the two outer parts, and both sides of the central part, to allow a hinge fastening.

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Clasp

Author Unknown (made)

Publication Date 1850

Publication Place Turkey (made) -

Subject Crescent

Type Other

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Physical Dimensions Length: 11in, Width: 5in (Note: Measurement taken from âList of Objects in the Art Division, South Kensington Museum acquired during the Year 1884â. London: Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1885. p. 91), Height: 12cm (part 1), Width: 11cm (part 1), Height: 14cm

Library Victoria and Albert Museum

Library Asset ID 950:1 to 3-1884

Record ID 950:1 to 3-1884

Library Location Middle East Section

Date 1850

Notes This was described as âAfrican? from Cairoâ when it was acquired by the Museum in 1884. If so, it may be Egyptian, as its shape, construction and decoration are Ottoman, and Ottoman influence did not extend far along the north African coast. It is more likely that it was made elsewhere in the Ottoman Empire. Large belt buckles were the most important part of the dowry throughout the Ottoman Empire, from the Balkans to the southern Caucasus.

İlişki Paris International Exhibition, 1878 Gaston De Saint-Maurice

Malzemeler ve teknikler Copper double plated with silver and then gold, with filigree bosses set with red, blue, green and yellow pastes Copper Silver-Gilt Paste Filigree

Parçalar Ornament, Ornament, Ornament

Fiziksel açıklama Large three-part belt clasp made of copper which has been silver-plated and then gilded. The two outer parts are rectangular with the far end extended in the form of an arch. The surface is pierced and covered with filigree domes, with a red paste set in the top of the largest dome, in the centre. There are two loops on the bottom edge with a loose ring hanging from each. Two chains hang between the rings with four flat disc pendants with scalloped rims. The central part is square with a fan-shaped extension on the top edge, and a disc on the bottom. The front has a filigree dome in the centre, set with red, green and yellow pastes in a circle round a blue one on top, with smaller domes in each corner and on the two extensions. There is a loop in the centre of the bottom edge which holds a flat crescent-shaped pendant set with a blue paste. There are loops fastened to the inside edges of the two outer parts, and both sides of the central part, to allow a hinge fastening.