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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 10181631, member: 2844&quot;]Gorgeous plates, Shangas, great find.</p><p><br /></p><p>Gold and silver pillow and bolster plates are originally Malay, and probably invented in the Malay homeland of Sumatra. They are used in Sumatra and the Malay Peninsula, especially for wedding beds and the aristocratic home.</p><p><br /></p><p>The foremothers of Peranakan families were local women and girls. Since women generally ruled the home, they introduced their own household goods and home decor. Malay foremothers introduced the Malay use of bolster plates, which were then made according to the Peranakan esthetic.</p><p>Yours are definitely Peranakan, so you chose well. But Malay plates are not to be sneezed at either.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/wink.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=";)" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Below are Malay bolster plates, from Michael Backman&#039;s excellent book &quot;Malay Silver and Gold&quot; (apologies for the blurry pic<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie86" alt=":sorry:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />):</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]509196[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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