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Title	head ornament
Publication Date:	1860
Publication Place	Syria (made) -
Subject	Floral Ewer
Type	Other
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Physical Dimensions	Diameter of the plaque 11 cm
Library:	Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID	1529-1873
Record ID	1529-1873
Library Location	Middle East Section
Date	1860
Notes	Elaborate discs were worn as womenâs head ornaments in towns and villages throughout the Ottoman Empire. They were attached to the top of a cap or fez, and often had pendants hanging down from the rim. The details varied from place to place. This example was bought for the Museum for five shillings and six pence at the International Exhibition, London, 1872 as part of a large quantity of traditional Syrian jewellery. The addition of a pendant in the centre is unusual. If it were separated from the disc it would probably be considered as part of a plait ornament, but the provider of this jewellery was very careful to record the local name and usage for every piece, and there is no reason to think that such pendants were not worn like this in the 19th century. Its name was given as â Korrs tarbooshooger â, meaning the kurs , or disc, worn with a tarboosh , the Egyptian name for a fez. In the Balkans and Anatolia the Turkish name tepelik was more common for this type of head ornament.
Malzemeler ve teknikler	Silver-plated metal Plated Copper Ribbon
Fiziksel açıklama	A slightly curved silver-plated disc with a floral design and loops round the rim each of which holds a small disc pendant. In the centre there is a hole from which hangs a short tube ending in a hollow dome decorated with three rosettes of applied filigree between strips of beaded wire. There are six loops round the rim of the dome with a short length of figure-of-eight chain, ending in a flat comma-shaped pendant, attached to each. The central pendant is attached to the disc by a strip of natural-coloured cloth tied in a knot on the back of the disc.

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head ornament

Publication Date 1860

Publication Place Syria (made) -

Subject Floral Ewer

Type Other

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Physical Dimensions Diameter of the plaque 11 cm

Library Victoria and Albert Museum

Library Asset ID 1529-1873

Record ID 1529-1873

Library Location Middle East Section

Date 1860

Notes Elaborate discs were worn as womenâs head ornaments in towns and villages throughout the Ottoman Empire. They were attached to the top of a cap or fez, and often had pendants hanging down from the rim. The details varied from place to place. This example was bought for the Museum for five shillings and six pence at the International Exhibition, London, 1872 as part of a large quantity of traditional Syrian jewellery. The addition of a pendant in the centre is unusual. If it were separated from the disc it would probably be considered as part of a plait ornament, but the provider of this jewellery was very careful to record the local name and usage for every piece, and there is no reason to think that such pendants were not worn like this in the 19th century. Its name was given as â Korrs tarbooshooger â, meaning the kurs , or disc, worn with a tarboosh , the Egyptian name for a fez. In the Balkans and Anatolia the Turkish name tepelik was more common for this type of head ornament.

Malzemeler ve teknikler Silver-plated metal Plated Copper Ribbon

Fiziksel açıklama A slightly curved silver-plated disc with a floral design and loops round the rim each of which holds a small disc pendant. In the centre there is a hole from which hangs a short tube ending in a hollow dome decorated with three rosettes of applied filigree between strips of beaded wire. There are six loops round the rim of the dome with a short length of figure-of-eight chain, ending in a flat comma-shaped pendant, attached to each. The central pendant is attached to the disc by a strip of natural-coloured cloth tied in a knot on the back of the disc.