Necklace Formed of Fifteen Dress Ornaments, ca0, probably Transylvanian, possibly South Germany, Gold, enamel, ruby and pearls., L. 45 cm., probably Transylvania , possibly South Germany, This necklace was assembled, probably in the nineteenth century, from fifteen clothing ornaments dating to the early seventeenth century. The prevalence of these ornaments, called boglar, in sixteenth and seventeenth-century inventories of Hungarian women, suggests that they were relatively inexpensive, a theory supported by the minimal use of precious metal
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Necklace Formed, Fifteen Dress Ornaments, ca0, Transylvanian, South Germany, Gold, enamel, ruby, pearls, L, 45 cm., probably, Transylvania, possibly, necklace, assembled, nineteenth century, fifteen clothing, ornaments, dating, early seventeenth, century, prevalence, boglar, sixteenth, seventeenth-century inventories, Hungarian women, relatively inexpensive, theory supported, minimal, precious metal
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