Těšínské stříbrné krojové šperky

• Authors: Wieslawa Branna

Title variants

EN

Těšín silver folk costume jewellery

• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

For many years, the attention of specialists has been aimed at Těšín folk costumes decorated with silver jewellery. They are the result of a gradual diffusion of city jewellers’ products among wealthier countrymen; amateur craftsmen (so called fušeři - dabblers) used to make jewellery for less wealthy people. Jablunkov and Těšín were main centres of this production. Jewellery was primarily made of silver, but copper, tin, lead and later new materials (German silver) were used as well. The most common methods of making silver jewellery were casting (the oldest technology), extrusion and filigree. There are following types of jewellery: hooks, belts, buttons, chains, necklaces and different brooches. Grotesque, arabesque, auriculated and also zoomorphic (lion, bird, lamb) and anthropomorphic (king David, angel) ornaments prevail on the oldest jewellery. Silver belts became the height of art and craftsmanship of Těšín jewellers’ work. The most extensive and comprehensive collection of Těšín silver folk costume jewellery is owned by the Museum of Těšínsko in Český Těšín.

Keywords

EN

Silesia; Těšínsko; jewellery; folk costume; arts and crafts production

Discipline

• ETHNOLOGY: ETHNOLOGY

• Publisher: Czech Ethnological Society
• Journal: Národopisný věstník
• Year: 2008
• Volume: 25_(67)
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 34-38
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Wieslawa  Branna

• Česká národopisná společnost, z. s., Národní třída 3, 117 20 Praha 1, Czech Republic