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Veeeeery fine!!!
This is some very great stuff than changes from the ubitious closed tunisian anklets! Very nice deep engravings
Can i ask you if you bought these per weight or as a piece and if by weight, how much per gram?
I purchased these from a shop that I often frequent, and paid per-gram weight. He charged me the old price (1.5TD) --- new silver is now selling between 2 and 2.2TD per gram. The seller had one only in the shop (it is one of those places that only the shop-keeper and one customer can fit, so limited stock). When I said I wanted a pair, he told me he had the other in storage. I came back the following week and bought them. I had turned down many pairs before I bought these.
Fabulous Edith, this medina is a treasure grotto...........
How gorgeous! You make me want to hop on the next plane to Tunis :)
Wonderful deep carving! I love the stamps inside too. Can you guess their age?
These are wonderful -- wish I shopped at your Medina
Thanks Patricia...my only regret is that they don't fit me and so I can't wear them! They must have been made for a 12-year old bride, because they are a small size.
Hi Edith,
Happy new year.
Since you are so close to the source of these treasures have you thought of putting the spare ones on ebay? There is definitely a market for it.......Especially as you have the knowledge which goes with it ..very important for prospoctive buyers..Just a thought!
They are nice, Edith. Have you thought of keeping them simply as art objects, even if you cannot wear them? That is, if you don't have another pair - as good - that you CAN wear.
Yes, Joost...I like them just as artifacts, even though I cannot wear them. In fact, I do not think I could reasonably wear a good number of the pieces in my collection. These, however, are so fabulous that I would have loved to wear them if possible! Too bad!!! I have noticed that many of the older Kholkhal are very small...I think because in the old days they were marrying girls off at a very young age (a practice that unfortunately continues in some less developed countries). I also own a pair of silver Omani anklets that are too small to wear, I believe because they were typically given to a young girls. Nowadays, most Tunisians get married at a more reasonble age. So, I think the small size is just another indication of the antiquity of such pieces.
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