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1909.50.2

Blue-glazed-ware rosetta charm.

1909.50.2

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Collection type
Object
Description
Blue-glazed-ware rosetta charm.
Geographical reference
Turkey
Asia > Western Asia > Turkey
Van Province Van
Person
Field collector Jessie Payne Smith
PRM source Jessie Payne Smith
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1909
Date collected
By 1909
Acquisition information
Donated: 1909
Materials and processes
Material Pottery, Material Pigment, Process Glazed
Dimensions
Diameter: max 16 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1909.50.2
Research and responses

Van: city, eastern Turkey. It lies on the eastern shore of Lake Van. [Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica] [MR 22/8/2000]

This is probably Jessie Margoliouth [? - 1933], wife of David Samuel Margoliouth [1858 - 1940], Laudian Professor of Arabic at Oxford 1889 - 1937

Search terms: Religion, Ornament, Children and Childcare, Pottery, Medicine, Amulet

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