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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 625628, member: 2844&quot;]Great haul, barn!<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie49" alt=":happy:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>And you were wondering about squandering your money on cheap tat? Uhm.... no.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie75" alt=":playful:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>The bracelet is Maghreb North African, silver with Mediterranean red coral. The silver fineness is probably ca .800-.833.</p><p>Search for tiny marks, they are bound to be there. Some are smaller than pinheads. Check the hinges for marks as well.</p><p>In case you are looking for this style from now, beware. It is a tricky style because it has been copied in base metal and faux stones by Florentine manufacturers. The Orientalist style has been an important style in Italy for centuries, due to proximity to North Africa.</p><p><br /></p><p>As for the belt, yes you have to take up belly dancing.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie51" alt=":hilarious:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> It is a modern belt, probably made in India for the belly dancing crowd.</p><p>One clue, if the &#039;coin&#039; dangles are not real coins, it is likely to be non-traditional. You can still get a profit out of it.</p><p><br /></p><p>The pendant is gorgeous. It does look like half a pafte buckle, found anywhere between Bosnia and the Caucasus.</p><p>But I think this is Caucasus to Pakistan. The blue enamel looks like Pakistani Multan work, but that is usually used on champlevé work.</p><p>I have a Caucasian pafte buckle which has some of that blue and greenish enamel. I&#039;ll see if I can find it<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/rolleyes.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":rolleyes:" unselectable="on" /> and post a pic.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":)" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>The pin hinge as a determination of origin is difficult, hard to pin down.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/biggrin.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":D" unselectable="on" /> It is found in traditional jewellery from Western Europe to Eastern Asia, down to Africa, and across the pond to Latin America.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/wink.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=";)" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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