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<p>[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 9558811, member: 2844"]It looks like a roll-over safety clasp that is missing the central roll-over thingie. Those thingies tend to drop out.</p><p><br /></p><p>Probably not Indian, and not Portuguese either.</p><p>Filigree is notoriously difficult to pinpoint an origin for. It is easier to say what it isn't than what it is.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/wink.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=";)" unselectable="on" /></p><p>It has 'heavy bones', a relatively thick framework for the filigree. That is often a feature of Turkish filigree. Which doesn't necessarily mean yours is Turkish.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/frown.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":(" unselectable="on" /></p><p>It does mean that it isn't Portuguese.</p><p>Portuguese filigree gets it strength not from a thick framework, but from areas of concentrations of wires tightly against each other, which looks like bands. In between those bands you get exquisitely elegant curled motifs, which is one of the reasons why Portuguese filigree is sought after.</p><p><br /></p><p>Those flower shapes are seen in the eastern Mediterranean.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 9558811, member: 2844"]It looks like a roll-over safety clasp that is missing the central roll-over thingie. Those thingies tend to drop out. Probably not Indian, and not Portuguese either. Filigree is notoriously difficult to pinpoint an origin for. It is easier to say what it isn't than what it is.;) It has 'heavy bones', a relatively thick framework for the filigree. That is often a feature of Turkish filigree. Which doesn't necessarily mean yours is Turkish.:( It does mean that it isn't Portuguese. Portuguese filigree gets it strength not from a thick framework, but from areas of concentrations of wires tightly against each other, which looks like bands. In between those bands you get exquisitely elegant curled motifs, which is one of the reasons why Portuguese filigree is sought after. Those flower shapes are seen in the eastern Mediterranean.[/QUOTE]
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