Vintage Map of Old Siam & Southeast Asia courtesy Old Siam Trading Company
What is nielloware?
Nielloware was probably introduced to Southern Thailand by Portuguese traders. For several centuries Nakhon Si Thammarat has been the center of Thailand's nielloware production.
A simple explanation: to create nielloware, a design is incised in silver (and sometimes gold). The background is then cut away and filled with an amalgam of darker metals. This creates a darker background against which the figures stand in relief.
Nielloware items include rings, necklaces, bracelets, brooches and pins, bowls, boxes, pedestals, and trays.
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The definitive book about nielloware is
Overview of Siam Sterling Nielloware by Charles Dittell. It is available through Amazon (see Amazon books below. Dittell has also written an eBay
Guide To Siam Sterling Nielloware.
Here's another Niello guide on eBay that you should see as well.
Photo courtesy jewelry-4-u.com
Vintage Siam Niello Jewelry
eBay is a great place to find old Siam niello jewelry!
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Siam silver brooch, courtesy goodgirlsaturday on flickr
courtesy technocuz on flickr
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Old Siam Vintage Labels
Collectible labels - photographs courtesy JP Store on eBay
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Vintage Thai, old Siam and other Asian tobacco and cigarette cards
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