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tunisian earrings

Posted by Linda Pastorino on January 8, 2014 at 1:12am

I was told these are Tunisian. They are very large scale and wonderful had not seen them before. They have good wear and age, great silver.

Comments

Alaa eddine SAGID January 8, 2014 at 1:46pm

Yes typical tunisian earrings, they always come in very large sizes but pretty quite lightweight compared to the size
Marie-Ange January 8, 2014 at 8:52pm

Love them have a similar one on a chain from Tunisia.
Linda Pastorino January 8, 2014 at 8:57pm

Hi, yes I thought it looked the same, never had seen this type before now. They are quite huge..Do you know where in Tunisia these are used?
Marie-Ange January 8, 2014 at 9:06pm

Mine is 13 x 7 cm so very big and just bit too heavy to wear as earring. No idea what area they come from sorry.
Alaa eddine SAGID January 8, 2014 at 9:10pm

this style is thought to come from the city of "GABES" in southern tunisia, but closely related earrings can be found in western Tunisia and across the border in Algeria but they are entirely filgreed!!
Marie-Ange January 8, 2014 at 9:11pm

Great info Ayis, thanks a lot!