Jewelry

 

   The items in the last 4 posts are all handcrafted, but done in a production studio vs an individual artist/craftsman.  Values run from 15.99 to 60.00 us.

    Most of the turquoise is either man made or "enhanced". 

     I have tried to spare everyone the experience of " Navajo Jewelry from the Southwest".  Translation- made by Ziggie Navaho from Southwest Philly. YO! Y'all.

Edited by red clay

 

      your welcome, that was fun. I took two years of jewelry smithing in college, no I am not skilled and haven't worked at it since, but I do know a little about it.

       I haven't taken a serious look at what's being done in years. I was hoping we would have kicked up a little more interest and input from others.  I know there is some fine work done in Sweden, finland just for example, I would have liked to have seen some examples.

 

From Thessalonica mint, found on a Thracian battlefield - Late Roman jewelry, 304-306 AD

Ancient Thracian jewelry - an earring:

"...A 2,200-year-old set of gold jewelry was unearthed from a Thracian burial mound on Bulgaria's Black Sea coast, the archaeologist who led the excavations said on Monday. Daniela Agre said her team in late August found dozens of tiny jewelry pieces in the tomb of a woman, most likely a Thracian priestess, near the resort of Sinemorets, about 500 kilometers (310 miles) southeast of the capital, Sofia.

The discovery included two earrings, crafted like miniature chariots, as well as parts of gold necklaces, one decorated with a sculpture of a bull's head. A tiny plaque that appears to be the necklace's fastener bears a Greek inscription, saying, "Made by Demetrius," Agre said, suggesting this could have been the name the nobleman who ordered the jewelry...."
http://www.cultural-tours-bulgaria.com/cultural-tours-bulgaria-thracian-tomb-sinemoretz.htm