Author
Unknown
Publication Date
1865
Publication Place
Tunisia (made) -
Subject
Jewellery Amulets Africa Metalwork
Type
Other
Language
Undetermined
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Physical Dimensions
(including loop at top) length: 6cm, Width: 3.5cm
Library
Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID
345-1904
Record ID
345-1904
Library Location
Middle East Section
Date
1865
Notes
'House-shaped' flat silver amulet with loop at top, Tunisia, 1865-1900.
Sample Text
Partial long mark with Arabic character. Translation Mark for 900 standard silver 1856-1905. Note On back.
Malzemeler ve teknikler
Engraved sheet silver Silver Incising
Fiziksel açıklama
Amulet made from a five-sided sheet of silver, shaped like house, with a rocker engraved design on the front of two arched niches containing Arabic inscriptions with flowers above. There is a large loop at the top made from a strip of ribbon wire which is riveted to the top of the amulet.
