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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 2266205, member: 2844&quot;]A project I finally finished. All I had to do was clean it and put bells on the round beads, but when it comes to repair projects I am an eternal procrastinator.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/rolleyes.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":rolleyes:" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>It is an impressive ca 1900 Yemeni wedding necklace with silver dugag beads made by the Bedihi family. The beads are the biggest dugag beads I have ever seen, and each bead is signed.</p><p>The Bedihi family were famous Yemeni Jewish silversmiths.</p><p><br /></p><p>The giant pendant is decorated with filigree. The style is often associated with the Bawsani family, but contrary to the Bedihi dugag beads, this piece isn&#039;t signed.</p><p>The Bawsani family are Yemeni Jewish silversmiths who began to make filigree silver in the late 19th century. The technique of filigree making was introduced in the region centuries ago by Armenian silversmiths.</p><p><br /></p><p>The yellow beads are a pressed amber composite manufactured in the Königsberg (currently named Kaliningrad) amber works ca 1900.</p><p><br /></p><p>So here it is, with bells on.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie75" alt=":playful:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]256961[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>This signature is on every bead:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]256962[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]256965[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The back, with a pen for size:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]256964[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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