Antique Finely Hand-embroidered Mirrored Wall Hanging cast silver and the green over creamy

and the green over creamy white glaze is just lovely

this handblown glass flask likely once had a leather or perhaps wicker cover over its top half

my guess is that is Bohemian and dates to the 1920s or 30s

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Antique Finely Hand-embroidered Mirrored Wall Hanging cast silver and the green over creamyThis very finely hand embroidered textile valence with mirrors I believe is an antique Indian Toran, likely from Rajasthan in Northern India. I purchased it from the estate sale of a woman who had a phenomenal collection of textiles from around the world. From what I understand, Toran stems from the Sanskrit word Torana which loosely translates "to pass," and Toran would be hung in the home, especially over entrances, to mark passage from exterior to