Jewelry in Bosnia and Herzegovina in the nineteenth and first half of the twentieth century, combines and preserves the elements of the oldest Culture – ancient Balkan, Herzegovina, West Mediterranean, Levantine, Middle European. Historical, political, economical and cultural conditions are very visibly manifested on the jewelry, as an inseparable part of clothing, jewelry has always reflected the current situation and the life of an environment. Bosnia-Herzegovina jewelry reflects the cultural complexity of which is present in all of its contents and that makes it very distinctive ("Bosnian". "Herzegovina"), but similar with jewelry neighboring and distant parts of the South Slavic and Balkan area. This is mostly manifested in the types of materials used for its development, technology and construction techniques, forms, ornaments, purpose ...
The motive of our brands is tepeluk, the end of the nineteenth century. Tepeluk is round jewelry, worn patch on the collars, more or less shallow and deeper fez hat. They made them out of silver, brass or some other material of masters silversmiths and embossed f iligree. Tepeluk is par t of the rural and urban clothing. The name comes from the Turkish word Tepe, which means head.
Tepeluk with blue and green stones
Tepeluk tile, at the end of XIX century, at the area of Bihac, was worn by married women, and is made of silver wire in the shape of a f lower, the technique of f iligree, in the middle of the rosettes in the form of six petals, 4 car tridge inser ted glass blue and four green glass, the edge 7 small rosettes.
Tepeluk with the pearl
Tepeluk tile, at the end of XIX century, Banja Luka, was worn by girls, made of silver, technique filigree, ornament in the shape of rosette with 12 petals, in the middle convex rosette, jalan pearl, 11 miniature rhomboid tiles, 12 miniature round bumps, 12 small rosettes.
Technical cooperation: Museum of RS
Graphical design of the stamps: Bozidar Dosenovic and Nebojsa Djumic
Printing house: PO STE SRPSKE a.d.
