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<p>[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 667608, member: 2844"]The necklace is Moroccan, but I suspect it is a marriage.</p><p>The metal parts were taken from a 1960s Moroccan necklace with half the amount of beads. The domed bead caps should protect either side of each aubergine coloured bead. That means that in between every two beads there are two bead caps, with the domes back to back.</p><p>The metal is base metal.</p><p>You can see that there is wear around the beadholes which is not consistent with the construction of the necklace as it is now. They came from a different necklace.</p><p>The beads are probably Moroccan as well, they could be our Moroccan favourite, the plastic bucket bead.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/wink.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=";)" unselectable="on" /> Ingeniously made by melting plastic buckets and colouring and shaping the goo into beads. The colour resembles old cherry amber bakelite.</p><p>They did a good job, I like the beads.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":)" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 667608, member: 2844"]The necklace is Moroccan, but I suspect it is a marriage. The metal parts were taken from a 1960s Moroccan necklace with half the amount of beads. The domed bead caps should protect either side of each aubergine coloured bead. That means that in between every two beads there are two bead caps, with the domes back to back. The metal is base metal. You can see that there is wear around the beadholes which is not consistent with the construction of the necklace as it is now. They came from a different necklace. The beads are probably Moroccan as well, they could be our Moroccan favourite, the plastic bucket bead.;) Ingeniously made by melting plastic buckets and colouring and shaping the goo into beads. The colour resembles old cherry amber bakelite. They did a good job, I like the beads.:)[/QUOTE]
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