Pendant from the tazra necklace

The tazra necklace included three such pendants decorated with openwork suggesting Hispano-Moorish lattice work, showing that the reputation of the Jewish goldsmiths of Fez and Meknes for delicate workmanship was well-deserved. In the center are six pomegranate buds inlaid with semiprecious stones including rubies. Although such rubies originated elsewhere, they were commonly known as "rubies from…