BRACELETS
Filigree Silver Drop Şahmeran Ring Bracelet 06
Original: Telkari Gümüş Damla Şahmeran Yüzüklü Bileklik 06
≈ $957approx. · final price on the jeweler's site
By Sümer Telkari, Midyat
DETAILS
The Sümer Telkari workshop in Midyat, part of Mardin province in south-eastern Turkey, produces this bracelet by hand. The openwork is telkâri, a filigree method of soldering spun silver wire into lace-like fields. It carries the şahmeran, the serpent queen of Mardin legend and one of the region's oldest protective images. The jeweller's page holds the specifications not given here.
