Sale 218 Lot 322

COLLECTION OF SILVER-TONE TRIBAL AMULET BEADS, FILIGREE BEADS & AMULET PENDANTS SET WITH LAPIS, JEWELRY MAKER'S STUDIO A large lot of silver-tone ethnic metal beads, pendants, and amulet components from a jewelry maker's studio. The collection includes prominent conical/prism-form amulet or "gau"-style pendant boxes with engraved decoration; large repoussé and banded round beads; a triangular pendant amulet with lapis lazuli-colored inset stone; a spiral/shell-form silver bead; a decorative triangular pendant plaque; a large elaborate spiked pendant; filigree ball and bicone spacer beads; barrel and cone-shaped beads with granulated and beaded decoration. The pieces are consistent with Central Asian, Tibetan, or Afghan tribal silver jewelry components, likely intended for reworking into new pendant or focal-bead designs. Approximate quantity: 100–130 individual pieces.
$80-100

PROVENANCE: Estates of Rosalee Cohen Davison and Richard "Dick" Samuel Davison, Baltimore, MD