IMG_2337 Two sizes of cresents, both high silver.

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IMG_2337 Two sizes of cresents, both high silver.

Posted by ingrid Langerak on June 19, 2015 at 6:16pm

The larger one is 22cm from point to point and the smaller one 15 cm from point to point.Both original silver wedding cresents.

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ingrid Langerak June 19, 2015 at 6:27pm

These photos I places special for Betty. Gr. Ingrid
Betty June 19, 2015 at 6:35pm

Thank you so much, Ingrid! These are absolutely gorgeous museum pieces.

I saw the larger one on etsy, of course, but the small one is just as exquisite and for anyone who would like to wear it also more wearable...
Johanne June 19, 2015 at 8:20pm

I love these ornaments, Ingrid!
Peter Hoesli June 19, 2015 at 8:27pm

Dear Ingrid; These wedding crescents are absolutely gorgeous. Congratulations. Peter
ingrid Langerak June 19, 2015 at 9:56pm

Thank you Johanna and Peter for your appreciation. They do deserve it. Gr. Ingrid
Lynn Ardent June 20, 2015 at 11:46pm

Exceptionally beautiful and wonderful necklaces. Do you have any idea how old these are, Ingrid?
ingrid Langerak June 21, 2015 at 12:12am

Hi Lynn, I place them about 1930 or older. This in 1937 because of the Italian occupation silver had to be handed in and so Thalers went underground. After the occupation gold jewelry started to come into fashion as wedding gifts, especially in towns, silver items became smaller in fashion in the countryside. These cresents in the 1965s and onwards were mostly made in nickel with a silver bath for the tourist market. Sometimes I did have repairs to be done to my pieces in the traditional way by a befriended jeweler in Addis Ababa, who sometimes had to search for an jeweler who controlled the skill needed. Gr. Ingrid
Betty June 21, 2015 at 11:01am

Apart from for museum displays, silver crescents are really hard to find. I personally cannot remember having ever seen one for sale (and of course, I have been looking for one far and wide :-))...). Occasionally one finds a nickel one, but they are usually not such high standard workmanship. I keep coming back to this picture ...
ingrid Langerak June 21, 2015 at 11:25am

Good morning Betty. I think most of them have found their re-use back to the jeweler and to foreign visitors. In the Ethiopian circles there were few collectors.
Thelma June 21, 2015 at 3:08pm

Beautiful, Ingrid. The work shows great expertise. I have hardly ever seen crescents of this standard on sale.

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IMG_2337 Two sizes of cresents, both high silver.

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