MOROCCAN SILVERSMITH
 The
Moroccan Silversmith takes great pride
in his craftsmanship skills that have been handed
down to him from generation to generation for the
past century. Moroccan silversmith can be seen in
the souks and medina creating infinitely intricate
designs in making silver jewelry boxes (coffres) and
jewel incrusted boxes, silver nomadic daggers,
"Khamsa" which represents the symbol of
the hand, but which in Arabic means
"five" (5 fingers),
silver bracelets, heavy necklaces with jewels and a
wide assortment of Moroccan nomadic silver jewelry
like cuffs, silver bangles, silver pendants and
treasured silver collectibles. Moroccan
silversmiths also create beautiful decor pieces for
the house like silver candleholders, silver
ashtrays, silver mirrors, silver lanterns and silver
teapots. 
With today's technology, nothing much
changed in the silversmith skills and creations but
for the additional demands of the tourists that inspired
them to add modern objects. Still created with ancient
methods, modern Moroccan silver napkin holders
are created with art and definitely embellish and give originality to a
dressed table. Another modern item will be women
silver belt buckles with intricate
designs, hand made. Moroccan products of
exceptional quality are also created by
the Moroccan Jewish silversmiths that
played an important role in
Moroccan craftsmanship since the 1400's.
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