Filigree Handmade Tulip Silver Stone-set Ring 3238

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This ring leaves the bench in Midyat, a town in Mardin province long identified with worked silver. Its telkâri work, filigree built from drawn silver wire soldered into open patterns, is done entirely at the bench. The tulip is a classic Ottoman ornament, stylised rather than drawn from life. Remaining questions are best put to the workshop itself.