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Old 28th July 2016, 08:24 AM   #1
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Enclosed please find some pictures for pleasure.
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Old 28th July 2016, 10:10 AM   #2
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Very nice Martin.

I do like the form of the top one most of all.
The interlocking "chains", does this motif have a name? I have seen it on many pommels, some of which may still be here with me somewhere.

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Old 28th July 2016, 03:26 PM   #3
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Hi Gavin,

Yes, interlocking chains were relatively frequent motif. Unfortunately, I do not know if it has any name. I think it was made of stamped plates and despite of its typicalness for Abyssinian mountings, I am of the opinion it is not characteristic for Abyssinian silver(brass)smithts. So maybe the stamped plates were imported. Typical Abassinian work is fligree ...

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Old 28th July 2016, 06:08 PM   #4
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Outstanding examples of Abyssinian craftsmanship Martin!!
Especially like the almost Picasso-esque style of the Lion of Judah!

It is curious about the character of the interlocked chain type motif noted by Gav, and wonder if we might find a descriptive term. As he notes this does appear on a good number of examples. Maybe some references on Ethiopian arts and crafts might have something?

Thank you so much for sharing these!!!
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Old 28th July 2016, 07:21 PM   #5
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Greetings, Martin. Very fine examples. I have a few. I mostly find them with daggers, but, whenever possible, I find them a "new home" and fit them to sword scabbards. Here is a Dubat (Somali warrior) dagger that I recently found. The silver "tip" decoration is very obviously from a sword scabbard and this is the way it would look once fitted as per the original design. Unfortunately, a few of the "bells" were lost. Cheers, RON
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Old 28th July 2016, 11:48 PM   #6
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I do LOVE Ethiopian silver work!!
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