djerba necklace

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Posted by ait ouakli on July 16, 2014 at 2:54pm

djerba necklace with old blu glas beads, normaly they are lapis or sodalith beads

ait ouakli July 16, 2014 at 3:00pm

old glas beads, mediteranean coral, black coral ( yussr ). the cubic and pyramid form silver beads are typical for this kind of necklaces. all hallmarked. the small cubic ones and pyramid form were gilded, the bigger ones were enameled but lost with the time
Betty July 16, 2014 at 4:00pm

So beautiful - I quite like the blue glass beads, they make a strong contrast with the silver and the coral.
ingrid Langerak July 16, 2014 at 4:43pm

Djerba as in Djerba,India?
Betty July 16, 2014 at 7:47pm

Hi Ingrid, the necklace is from Djerba, the Tunisian island.
ingrid Langerak July 16, 2014 at 7:50pm

Learned something new again. It is a lovely warm necklace, so lovely put together.
ait ouakli July 16, 2014 at 9:35pm

Thank you Betty and Ingrid

yes Betty, the blue beads are beautiful. they were actualy durty and the clor not so clear, a metal wire was throw and left a lot of oxydation. i had to clean , polish and take the metal wire out, was almost all broken anyway.

Djerba, yes the tunisian island
Patricia Deany July 17, 2014 at 12:04am

Very beautiful! Is it glass or lapis? I have heard these necklaces also use lapis sometimes. Do you think that the beads were ever gilded?
ait ouakli July 17, 2014 at 12:32am

Thank you Patti, yes glas,old trade beads

Lapis was also used and sodalith, sodalith looks a little as lapis witout the copper dots

The small cubic beads and pyramid were gilded

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