Family gold for every milestone, from two traditions in one home.
5 pieces
5 pieces
Earrings
The house star made small: two squares crossed into an eight-point star, a little star window through the middle and a beaded edge, on posts.
US$891Sample price, from an example manufacturer. Not for sale.
4 pieces
Bracelet
A plump, round gold bangle, hollow-formed so it looks heavier than it wears.
US$8,508Sample price, from an example manufacturer. Not for sale.
4 pieces
Dahab means gold, in the Judeo-Arabic our grandmothers spoke. One side of the family came from Morocco, the other from Baghdad, and in both houses gold was never just jewellery. It was what you gave: at a birth, at a first letter, at a bat mitzvah, at the henna, at the wedding, and from a mother to her daughter.
From the Moroccan side come the eight-point star of the tiled courtyards, the hamsa, the openwork of Fez and the coins of the old wedding necklaces. From the Iraqi side come the heavy gold, the bangles given in pairs and the bride's gold. Here they sit side by side, as they do at our table.
Everything is gold and only gold, 18k yellow unless you choose 14k: the colour these families have always bought, deep and warm. A Hebrew letter for a child who is just learning the alef-bet, a name, a chai, a mezuzah to wear. Pieces made to be worn every day and handed down one day.
Each piece is made to order in the gold you choose, cast and finished by hand, so the one you give is new and the one they keep will last.
Not yet. Dahab is shown here as a sample store on the Zellige template. The prices are real sample prices for each piece in its gold, but nothing here can be ordered.
Yes, and only gold. We work in solid yellow gold and nothing else: nothing set in it, nothing enamelled, nothing plated. Each piece's page says its karat.
Karat says how much of the metal is pure gold. 18k is 75% gold: deeper in colour and a little softer, and what our families have always bought for a milestone. 14k is 58.5% gold: paler, harder wearing, and less expensive for the same piece. Two pieces that follow the old bride's gold are shown in 22k, 91.7% gold, the richest yellow and the softest. Most pieces can be chosen in 18k or 14k, and the price follows the gold in it.
No. 10k is only 41.7% gold, paler and harder, and it isn't the gold these milestones are given in. We keep to 18k and 14k, with two pieces in 22k.
Yes. Each piece is cast in the gold you choose and finished by hand after you order, so allow a few weeks. Names, letters and initials are cut once you have spelled them for us.
Yes. The alef coin can carry any letter of the alef-bet, and the name necklace is made with the name you give us, in Hebrew block letters, read right to left. We check the spelling with you before anything is cut.
A closed bangle has to pass over the widest part of the hand. Measure round the hand with the thumb tucked in, as if putting on a bangle, and see the sizing page. The baby's bangle is made small and open, to grow with the wrist.
Gold doesn't tarnish. Wash it in warm soapy water with a soft brush and dry it with a soft cloth. Take it off to swim or clean, put it on after perfume, and keep each piece in its own pouch so the softer 18k and 22k don't scratch.
Write to us about a gift for a milestone, a name or a letter. We answer within a day, except on Shabbat and the festivals.
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