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<p>[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 8223889, member: 2844"]As [USER=5006]@kyratango[/USER] said, it is Indian. Although they look a bit like torches, the 'flames' are stylised mangos. Mangos stand for fertility and abundance, so they are often used in Indian jewellery.</p><p>This would be called spike jewellery, although that is not an official name.</p><p><br /></p><p>The maker is one of a couple of thousand or many more Indian makers.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/wink.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=";)" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Agree. This is probably 1980s-90s.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 8223889, member: 2844"]As [USER=5006]@kyratango[/USER] said, it is Indian. Although they look a bit like torches, the 'flames' are stylised mangos. Mangos stand for fertility and abundance, so they are often used in Indian jewellery. This would be called spike jewellery, although that is not an official name. The maker is one of a couple of thousand or many more Indian makers.;) Agree. This is probably 1980s-90s.[/QUOTE]
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