Medium Sized Indian Coin Silver 4-Armed Goddess Pendant

T2015-Indian14

$65.00

This beautiful Indian silver pendant was handmade approximately 100 years ago. The work is just lovely, featuring an unidentified Hindu god or goddess. The work is quite bold, featuring a four-armed goddess holding a trident in one hand, a cup in another, and an hour-glass or sheaf of wheat in another. Very cool pendant! The pendant measures slightly under 2 inches high by 1.25 inches wide. The pendant weighs 11.7 grams.

The most common source of silver in 19^th and early 20^th century Indian silver work was old silver coins, which are approximately 80% silver, and that is what this pendant is made out of. This pendant was made in the Repousse technique, which is a metalworking technique in which thin sheets of malleable metal are ornamented or shaped by hammering from the reverse side to create a design in low relief. The pendant has a solid silver backing.

Category: Coin Silver, Hindu, India, March 2014, Pendant, Repousse, Tucson