VINTAGE (1950-1965) SIAM STERLING SILVER FAN SHAPED PIN BROOCH WITH BLACK NIELLO ETCHED DANCERS

AN EXOTIC ITEM FROM THE EAST. A BEAUTIFUL VINTAGE SIAM STERLING SILVER BLACK NIELLO ETCHED FAN SHAPED BROOCH WITH PIN AND DANCERS.
 
SIAM STERLING JEWELRY IS STERLING SILVER JEWELRY MADE IN THAILAND AND DEPICTS THE CHARACTERS OF MYTHOLOGY AND FROM THE RAMAKIEN (THE THAILAND NATIONAL STORY) AS WELL AS THE STORY OF MEKHALA AND RAMASOON. IT WAS MANUFACTURED WITH TWO DIFFERENT COMBINATIONS - STERLING / NIELLO AND STERLING / ENAMEL.
 
MARKINGS: SIAM STERLING
THIS MARK WAS USED FROM THE EARLY 1950S TO THE MID 1960S

SIZE: 6CM WIDE 3,5CM HIGH
 
CONDITION: SILVER HAS AGE RELATED TARNISH. FEW MINOR SCRAPES TO THE NIELLO. GOOD VINTAGE CONDITION.
 
WHAT IS NIELLO:
It is the black part of the Siam Sterling jewelry. Niello is made from silver, copper, sulphur, lead and ammonium chloride. It is applied.
 
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