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<p>[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 4464551, member: 2844"]I'm sorry, but this buckle does not resemble Ottoman Balkans or Ottoman Greek buckles in any way. Their buckles were hand made, often with filigree, not a composition of mass-produced stamped elements like on this spectacular piece. And they used Byzantine (double-headed) eagles rather than griffins.</p><p><br /></p><p>This impressive buckle is early Toledo ware, imo. Classic Toledo griffin in stamped and blackened roundels. The pink cabochons look like glass.</p><p>In the early decades of the 20th century Toledo damascene and Toledo ware had much more variety than today.</p><p><br /></p><p>Toledo griffin on my Toledo damascene letter opener, below the griffin it says 'Toledo'<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/wink.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=";)" unselectable="on" />:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]385655[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 4464551, member: 2844"]I'm sorry, but this buckle does not resemble Ottoman Balkans or Ottoman Greek buckles in any way. Their buckles were hand made, often with filigree, not a composition of mass-produced stamped elements like on this spectacular piece. And they used Byzantine (double-headed) eagles rather than griffins. This impressive buckle is early Toledo ware, imo. Classic Toledo griffin in stamped and blackened roundels. The pink cabochons look like glass. In the early decades of the 20th century Toledo damascene and Toledo ware had much more variety than today. Toledo griffin on my Toledo damascene letter opener, below the griffin it says 'Toledo';): [ATTACH=full]385655[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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