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Head ornament

Title	Head ornament
Author	Unknown (made)
Publication Date:	1818
Publication Place	Egypt (made) -
Subject	Jewellery Africa Metalwork
Type	Other
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Physical Dimensions	Plaque width: 9.5cm, Length: 14.5cm (with pendant)
Library:	Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID	940-1884
Record ID	940-1884
Library Location	Middle East Section
Date	1818
Notes	Ornament for a womanâs headband, decorative plaque with pendant chain, silver-gilt with traces of cloisonnÃ© enamel and striated corals, inscribed in Arabic and dated 1233 AH (1818 AD), Cairo, Egypt.
Sample Text	Note base of the plaque
İlişki	Paris International Exhibition, 1878 Gaston De Saint-Maurice
Malzemeler ve teknikler	Cast silver-gilt decorated with green cloisonnÃ© enamel and set with striated corals, with red glass beads Coral Glass Silver-Gilt Openwork Cloisonne
Fiziksel açıklama	Flat silver-gilt plaque, slightly curved, with a chain pendant attached. The plaque is roughly triangular in shape with a flat base and a top in the form of a fleur de lys. It is decorated on the front with applied filigree motifs, some containing traces of green cloisonnÃ© enamel, and four striated corals in closed mounts. There is an Arabic inscription across the centre. There are five loops along the lower edge and a hole at the tip of each of the three points of the triangle. A pendant hangs from the hole on the extreme right. This consists of a filigree bead with a curved rosette, divided into eight lobes, at its base. There is a loop-in-loop chain hanging from each lobe of the rosette, with a pierced disc at its top, a larger perforated disc at its end, and a wire holding two red glass beads in its centre. Each of the discs also originally contained a red glass bead, but many of these are now missing. The whole pendant is attached to the main plaque by a short length of three loop-in-loop chains side by side, separated by two rings.

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Head ornament

Author Unknown (made)

Publication Date 1818

Publication Place Egypt (made) -

Subject Jewellery Africa Metalwork

Type Other

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Physical Dimensions Plaque width: 9.5cm, Length: 14.5cm (with pendant)

Library Victoria and Albert Museum

Library Asset ID 940-1884

Record ID 940-1884

Library Location Middle East Section

Date 1818

Notes Ornament for a womanâs headband, decorative plaque with pendant chain, silver-gilt with traces of cloisonnÃ© enamel and striated corals, inscribed in Arabic and dated 1233 AH (1818 AD), Cairo, Egypt.

Sample Text Note base of the plaque

İlişki Paris International Exhibition, 1878 Gaston De Saint-Maurice

Malzemeler ve teknikler Cast silver-gilt decorated with green cloisonnÃ© enamel and set with striated corals, with red glass beads Coral Glass Silver-Gilt Openwork Cloisonne

Fiziksel açıklama Flat silver-gilt plaque, slightly curved, with a chain pendant attached. The plaque is roughly triangular in shape with a flat base and a top in the form of a fleur de lys. It is decorated on the front with applied filigree motifs, some containing traces of green cloisonnÃ© enamel, and four striated corals in closed mounts. There is an Arabic inscription across the centre. There are five loops along the lower edge and a hole at the tip of each of the three points of the triangle. A pendant hangs from the hole on the extreme right. This consists of a filigree bead with a curved rosette, divided into eight lobes, at its base. There is a loop-in-loop chain hanging from each lobe of the rosette, with a pierced disc at its top, a larger perforated disc at its end, and a wire holding two red glass beads in its centre. Each of the discs also originally contained a red glass bead, but many of these are now missing. The whole pendant is attached to the main plaque by a short length of three loop-in-loop chains side by side, separated by two rings.