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Berber earrings

Posted by Suzan Kaplan on October 23, 2011 at 7:22am

I wish I knew more about these. They're primitive and totally intriguing.

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Suzan Kaplan October 23, 2011 at 7:25am

I wish I knew more about these. They're primitive and totally intriguing.
SARAH CORBETT October 23, 2011 at 12:40pm

The curled spirals say 'Mogador' ( Essaouria) to me I am not convinced that the stars are the original configuration.

The stars seem cruder and of a different material to the tops.

Hope this helps

Sx
Ethnic Embellishments October 23, 2011 at 4:58pm

We have or had a pair very similar to these and the stars on the bottom were attached by a soldered jump ring. The soldering was old, so if not original to the earrings, the addition was old.
Suzan Kaplan October 23, 2011 at 6:47pm

Thanks for your help unraveling this Sarah and Hillary. I thought Essaouria too. There are fine lines on both the main earring and the stars, as if somebody took a wire brush to them, but both parts do seem old.