Auction 24 · Lot 363
Seven linked rectangular elements with filigree surfaces and turquoise stones set within floral elements; terminals are rounded with central hexagonal section. Marked with Russian and undecipherable mark on back of each section. L: 710mm. Some wear.
- Estimate
- $800–$1,200
- Hammer price
- Not recorded
Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.
author
SILVER BELT WITH TURQUOISE STONES.
Russia or Palestine(?), early 20th century.
summary
In Ottoman Jewish communities, silver belts were “ a part of the vauable gifts that a woman received on her marriage.” See Israel Museum Catalogue, Sephardi Jews in the Ottoman Empire (1990), p. 192; Plate 40, p. 192.