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    Dagestan Niello Silver Ear Ornaments with Russian Kopeks

    Dagestan, Northern Caucasus, Russia
    circa 1905

    height: 7.5cm, diameter: 5cm, combined weight: 113g

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    UK art market

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    This pair of ear or headdress ornaments is of silver that has been decorated with scrolling niello work. Each is of cone shape with twelve silver coins suspended form the rim of the cone. The coins, all in fine condition other than having been pierced with a hole for suspension, are Russian silver 5 kopeks

    Each is further decorated with fine bands of pearled silver wire at the top and bottom of the cone.

    There are 24 kopeks in total, having the following dates: 1847 (1), 1884 (1), 1885 (1), 1886 (1), 1889 (4), 1890 (1), 1900 (2), 1901 (1), 1902 (5), 1903 (1), 1905 (6).

    See Borel (1994, p. 132) for other examples of Dagestan niello silver jewellery, one item of which also incorporates Russian kopeks.

    Dagestan today is a federal republic within the Russia federation. It is located in the North Caucasus region, on the Caspian Sea, and it borders the Republic of Kalmykia, the Chechen Republic, and Stavropol Krai within the Russian federation, and also Azerbaijan and Georgia. More than 80% of the inhabitants are Moslem.

    Other than for tarnishing particularly to the suspended coins, the ornaments are in excellent condition, with fine patina.

    References

    Borel, F., The Splendour of Ethnic Jewelry: From the Colette and Jean-Pierre Ghysels Collection, Thames & Hudson, 1994.

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