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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 385627, member: 2844&quot;]They are amulet cases/boxes, ca 1900. The single one was probably made in Yemen proper, the double one either in Yemen or somewhere else in the Middle East.</p><p>These cases were hung on chains, stone (coral!) and silver necklaces, belts, headdresses, anywhere where protection was deemed necessary.</p><p>You can still get old bells to put on the single amulet case.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is something I wrote before in another thread:</p><p>Originally amulet cases held some kind of talisman, which could be a protective text, herb, stone, etc, but they often came to be considered protective on their own.</p><p><br /></p><p>Yemen was the main silver country in the Middle East, and Yemeni silversmiths were in demand throughout the region. Yemen always had an important Jewish community and many Yemeni silversmiths were Jewish. They made jewellery for all faiths.</p><p><br /></p><p>In present-day terms, Yemenite is the word used for Yemeni Jewish people in Israel post-1949.</p><p>This could have come to Israel 1949-50, with Yemeni Jewish people who were brought to Israel during &#039;Operation Magic Carpet&#039;.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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