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<p>[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 440514, member: 2844"]They are from Afghanistan or slightly further east into Central Asia, made in the late 20th-early 21st century. So recently made, definitely not antique.</p><p>The stones look like carnelians, which are used a lot in the region, for protective purposes.</p><p>The spiral decorations show an Ottoman influence.</p><p>They have some value, just not antique value.</p><p><br /></p><p>Mismatching is common in the region. They are hand made in small workshops and put in a box with similar ones. As long as they have some similarity it is deemed ok, and that is the way the locals wear them as well.</p><p>I have a pair of mismatched Uzbek earrings and wear them quite happily. No one has ever commented on them being different, maybe they never even noticed.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 440514, member: 2844"]They are from Afghanistan or slightly further east into Central Asia, made in the late 20th-early 21st century. So recently made, definitely not antique. The stones look like carnelians, which are used a lot in the region, for protective purposes. The spiral decorations show an Ottoman influence. They have some value, just not antique value. Mismatching is common in the region. They are hand made in small workshops and put in a box with similar ones. As long as they have some similarity it is deemed ok, and that is the way the locals wear them as well. I have a pair of mismatched Uzbek earrings and wear them quite happily. No one has ever commented on them being different, maybe they never even noticed.[/QUOTE]
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