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Russian Cossack silver Caucasian style belt. Used as a part of Cossack and Circussian native's dress, silver belts were symbols of prosperity of the owner.
Profusely decorated with hand-chasing and niello. Stamped with Tiflis, Georgia town silver marks and assayer's mark dating 1884. Appears to be missing several links.
TW: 411 gr, L: 30 1/2 in (77.5 cm)
   
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Silver decorated Cossack officer's Caucasian style officer's belt from the time of the Russian-British Crimea war of 1850's.
Used as a part of Cossack uniform with is evident from a "Circassian" silver galun ribbon on the the edges of the belt. Profusely decorated with hand-chased and nielloed silver details. Large silver buckle has a chased image of a bird - traditional Cossack symbol of Liberty and Freedom.
L: 38 in (96.5 cm) x 2 in (4.5 cm) wide
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| Traditional Russian Cossack Caucasian-style leather belt with silver fittings. Has 26 silver details (all profusely decorated en suite with hand-chasing and nielloed ornament) . Very expensive to make with lavish decorations, this belt, no doubt belonged to a well-to-do Cossack officer.
Rare as a complete set with no missing parts and mostly original leather . Maker's mark in Arabic on the end piece.
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| A matching pair of silver decorated presentation wine drinking horns. Made in Georgia region of Caucasus in mid XIX century as a wedding presentation set, the horns are decorated with silver detail which is hand chased and nielloed with an intricate floral pattern with a bird-head ends. Horns for wine drinking were an important attribute of holiday celebrations in the culture of Caucasian and Cossack peoples.
The inscription in Georgian dates the horns to [18]53.
One of the horns has a small original repair , otherwise very good original condition.
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Profusely decorated silver gunpowder flask. Made in Georgia region of Caucasus in the early XIX century as a wedding presentation set, the flask is decorated with hand chased scenes of a wedding party, people and hunting predator animals.
Superb original condition.
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| Complete matching set of 18 Cossack gaziri cartridges. Gilt silver caps decorated and nielloed. Come on original wooden holder sticks. Superb original condition.
Gaziri were initially used as caps for gunpowder cartridges but later became purely decorative part of the Cossack uniform worn in the special pockets on the Cherkesska jacket. Large matching sets of 18 gaziri on original wooden holders are rarely found, since, due to high cost, only high ranking and well-to-do Cossacks could afford them.
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