Tagmoute enameled moroccan vintage Egg & Green Vaseline Trade Beads Necklace

  
Tagmoute enameled egg moroccan vintage pendant and old Vaseline green glass & orange trade glass beads handmade necklace. Tagmoute moroccan antique pendant vintage charms & old vintage green Vaseline green glass trade beads with orange vintage glass beads tribal berber handmade bohemian necklace. Tagmoute moroccan Berber Amazigh tiznit Tifinagh Ethnic antique pendant vintage charms & old Vaseline green glass beads with orange glass trade beaded necklace. Tagmoute egg is approximately 2" in width by 1.5" in height plus 1 for the charms.

This is a unique statement piece. It's handmade with genuine vintage materials.

The focal large tagmoute thagmoute taghmout enameled egg has green & orange intricate glass enamel details. The orange vintage glass beads measure approximately 14mm. There are 10 beautiful Vaseline green glass beads that measure approximately 14mm and are translucent in color. There are 20 total vintage Bicone silver Moroccan ethnic beads measuring approximately 14mm and 16mm. This necklace measures 24" in length plus the 3.5" of the tagmoute pendant with charms. This Gorgeous piece is finished with an antique silver double hook clasp closure. This is a very attractive and unique one of a kind Morrocan North African jewelry piece. Vaseline Beads are a variety of Czech trade bead originally manufactured in Bohemia (present day Czechoslovakia) between the late 19th and early 20th century. Their name derives from their distinctive translucent greenish color - similar to that of Vaseline.

According to trade records, Vaseline Beads were produced to demand in Bohemia for English, Italian, and Spanish merchants. The expense of producing these beads on such a massive scale was soon felt by glass-makers in Bohemia. The effects of World War I and the Great Depression meant that demand for Vaseline glass declined considerably during the mid 1920s, and by the time the Communists seized power in Bohemia, Vaseline Beads were largely obsolete. Bohemian Vaseline Beads produced during the 19th and early 20th century are distinguishable from later imitations by their cut and shape. They were commonly made in either rondelle, bicone or disc form, with distinctive hand-cut facets.

Tagmoute egg is a classic silver enamelled egg bead. These beads were used in necklaces and fibula chains by Berber ladies, the egg of course symbolises fertility and new birth. The yellow and green enamel is made from venetian glass trade beads and is characteristically somewhat rough in execution. An old Berber silver metal and enamel egg bead (Tagmoute) sourced in Ida ou Semlal in the Western Anti Atlas in Southern Morocco. Among the Berber the egg is a symbol of fertility, as life comes from it. Hand made in the first half of the 20th century, with enameling in blue, yellow and red. This would typically be worn at the center of linked fibulae or on necklaces. The repeated eye design is believed to be a strong protective element for the wearer. This huge Moroccan Taguemout enamel egg was sourced from Taroudant in the Atlas Mountains of Morocco. These traditional enameled silver egg shaped beads are worn by women in Southern Morocco symbolizing fertility.

As you might imagine they are difficult to make, what a laborious process with each strip of silver alloy applied separately, then the enamel worked in. The name Berber comes from the name given to this people by the Romans, meaning barbarians. The history of the Berber people in northern Africa is both extensive and diverse.

Their oldest ancestors settled in the East of Egypt. Venetian glass beads Designs are endless, and by going through the process is polymer clay instead of molten glass, more people can understand and appreciate them. Native American tribes traded pelts and other objects for these beads and for seed beads. They saw the advantage of getting many colors of hard, glass beads without having to. Shape and drill them themselves.

If you are looking for a piece of jewelry that is completely regular and seamless like machine manufactured jewellery, then handcrafted jewelry may not be for you. Handmade items benefit from careful wear and usage. They are lovingly created entirely by hand and may not withstand unduly rough treatment. If treated well, however, they should be your faithful companion for years to come. Please allow for minor variations in colour as colours on screen may not be truly representative of the actual colour of the jewellery received.