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<p>[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 437980, member: 2844"]Jewels, you evil woman.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie75" alt=":playful:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> It is gorgeous!</p><p>And a positive for Bulgarian.</p><p>Bulgaria has many different styles of traditional jewellery. If people know it at all, they only know the sumptuous filigree, folk coin necklaces, or Ottoman style. But this style with 'openwork' cast metal, usually silver with gilding or gold details, is also very Bulgarian. It is a Revival style, just like Austro-Hungarian Renaissance Revival.</p><p><br /></p><p>Check out this page of the Ethnographic Museum in Plovdiv, a city famous for its cultural heritage:</p><p><a href="https://artsandculture.google.com/exhibit/gQxkKRVn" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://artsandculture.google.com/exhibit/gQxkKRVn" rel="nofollow">https://artsandculture.google.com/exhibit/gQxkKRVn</a></p><p><br /></p><p>The coins/medallions could be inspired by coins from antiquity. I think I see someone with a moon crescent, like Venus, although it looks more like a man than a woman. Could you post a closeup? And maybe [USER=5833]@Bronwen[/USER] can take a look?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 437980, member: 2844"]Jewels, you evil woman.:playful: It is gorgeous! And a positive for Bulgarian. Bulgaria has many different styles of traditional jewellery. If people know it at all, they only know the sumptuous filigree, folk coin necklaces, or Ottoman style. But this style with 'openwork' cast metal, usually silver with gilding or gold details, is also very Bulgarian. It is a Revival style, just like Austro-Hungarian Renaissance Revival. Check out this page of the Ethnographic Museum in Plovdiv, a city famous for its cultural heritage: [URL]https://artsandculture.google.com/exhibit/gQxkKRVn[/URL] The coins/medallions could be inspired by coins from antiquity. I think I see someone with a moon crescent, like Venus, although it looks more like a man than a woman. Could you post a closeup? And maybe [USER=5833]@Bronwen[/USER] can take a look?[/QUOTE]
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