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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 495059, member: 2844&quot;]The style was originally inspired by Renaissance jewellery, hence the unusual combination of stones and exotic look of the decorations.</p><p>It was made in the Austro-Hungarian Renaissance Revival style, which is one of my favourite styles.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Transylvanian take on the Austro-Hungarian Renaissance Revival style was made by or for the Siebenbürger Sachsen, a powerful minority in Transylvania. Although they were called Sachsen, Saxons, not all of them were of Saxon origin. Most were descendants of Medieval immigrants from the western German lands and the neighbouring eastern part of the Low Countries, who had been invited to Transylvania to develop the region.</p><p>It is believed the fairy tale of the pied piper was based on the emigration of so much young talent from west to east.</p><p><br /></p><p>As you can see, the Siebenbürger Sachsen didn&#039;t mind a bit of show, including bling. They also look pretty northern European:</p><p><img src="https://www.dhm.de/archiv/ausstellungen/bildberichterstatterin/10.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="https://pictures.abebooks.com/1047660/22644545190.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>You&#039;d have to mortgage your house to be able to buy one of those belts now, extremely rare bling.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie56" alt=":jawdrop:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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