To: smokingfrog
That's a disappointment - craftsman wise.
4 posted on
03/25/2011 8:17:45 PM PDT by
maine-iac7
("We stand together or we fall apart" mt)
To: maine-iac7
The chain could have been made nicer.
8 posted on
03/25/2011 8:22:47 PM PDT by
DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis
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To: maine-iac7
Right. Looks like a chain of cotter keys. They used the individual links like money. Strictly utilitarian.
To: maine-iac7
Gold links like that and in other styles were often used as a form of currency. Each link was a known weight and purity, and could be easily detached to purchase something.
22 posted on
03/25/2011 8:46:13 PM PDT by
Travis McGee
(www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
To: maine-iac7
We are talking early 16th century ...;-)
27 posted on
03/25/2011 9:32:58 PM PDT by
ArmyTeach
(Our liberties we prize and our rights we will maintain ... Iowa 61)
To: maine-iac7
How so?
It seems to me to be a good use of wire to create heavy unsoldered links. The florets are well done and the cross and medallion are both very well done, especially the delicate inlay
30 posted on
03/26/2011 4:59:08 AM PDT by
bert
(K.E. N.P. N.C. D.E. +12 ....( History is a process, not an event ))
To: maine-iac7
That's a disappointment - craftsman wise.
Cotter pin gold craft?
32 posted on
03/26/2011 5:08:20 AM PDT by
aruanan
To: maine-iac7
Pretty ugly chain, though.
48 posted on
03/27/2011 5:42:24 PM PDT by
Beowulf9
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