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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 238123, member: 2844&quot;]Does anyone have any idea about the origin and age of my lion bangle?</p><p>There are no marks, but it tests as sterling silver and 10k gold.</p><p>The stones are ruby and white sapphire.</p><p>The enamel looks like Multan enamel, which was made in Multan, Pakistan. Similar enamel was made in northern India.</p><p>The symbols near the hinge look a bit like Urdu (Arabic style) script, used mostly in Pakistan.</p><p>I don&#039;t know if there is any relation to my bracelet, but Michael Backman quotes the following in reference to a Sri Lankan bangle with lions on the sides:</p><p>Utracht (1997, p.254) illustrates an Indian example, and comments that such bracelets were given by rajas to their subjects as a mark of favour.</p><p><a href="http://www.michaelbackmanltd.com/1000.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.michaelbackmanltd.com/1000.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.michaelbackmanltd.com/1000.html</a></p><p>When I google lion bracelet India (or Pakistan), I only find modern Indian bracelets with African lions. These are clearly Asian lions, with shorter manes.</p><p>Indian bracelets usually have Makara heads, but they have short elephant-like trunks.</p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks for looking.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]72481[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]72482[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]72483[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]72484[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]72485[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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