Fine antique Egyptian Bedouin silver bracelet
A fine silver bracelet with four stamps
Weighs 114g
I have five similar bracelets for sale this week - please see my other listings
In good antique condition
Outer diameter - 6.2cmInner diameter - 6cm2.9cm high

And from the Haramilk site, about Bedouin jewelry, in general,

\"Bedouin items are old, original and are no longer being made. Bedouins nowadays, prefer to melt down their silver jewelry and use that money to buy Gold.\"

\"Bedouins are nomadic tribes that existed in the middle east from the times of the Pharaohs. They span an area from Morocco at the Atlantic ocean, on to Egypt, Saudia Arabia, Jordan and Syria. Nomadic tribes go all the way as far as Afghanistan and even beyond. Although all the bedouins in the Arabic countries are now arabic speaking and belong to the arabic race, they are a people on their own, they owe no allegiance to any nation and are only loyal to their own tribe and family. Their constant moving from place to place made them rely on their silver jewelry which they can exchange for local currency in any nation they happen to be located at.

\"A Bedouin bride received jewelry as a dowry. Apart from camels and sheep, a bride got various items of jewelry which she could later use as currency when in need of money. They usually melted down silver coins and handcrafted it into their beautiful and original jewlery. This, sadly, is now fast becoming an extinct practice as more and more bedouins settle down and become locals and citizens of specific nations. This also means that no new generation of craftsmen is emerging and we are now on the verge of a lost tradition and craft.\"

Also, I did some further inquiring, and what I have found so far fromKhaledatHaramilk, who was nice enough to reply to my email, is this -

\"The bracelet is like our bracelets and it is silver and genuine. The hallmarks are an 80%, meaning 80% silver content, and the other is what they call the Cat stamp. It is actually a Lion not a Cat. This lion means your bracelet was stamped around 1940 or so but the bracelet itself may have been made before that. These bracelets were only made around that time (120-80 years ago).\"

Finally, regarding Egyptian hallmarks, fromRanda, as posted at theMystery Markswebsite, \"A zero in arabic is a DOT ... from left to right the motif that is in the 1st square is an Arabic \"80\" meaning this is 80% silver. The 2nd square ... signifying it was hallmarked in Egypt (a Lion symbol was used instead up to the 1920\'s when Egypt was under British occupation). The 3rd square contains the letter ... in Arabic. The letter is used to signify the date of hallmarking.\"
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POSTAGE

UK

All items under £50 will be sent 1st Class recorded or if over 2kgs by Courier

All items over £50 will be sent Royal Mail Special Delivery

Overseas buyers

International buyers please email for shipping costs. I am happy to ship worldwide.

All items under 2 kiloswill be sent RoyalMail International Signed For

Ifover 2 kilos at the best priced courier service

PAYPAL only please

Payment must be received within 7 days of close of sale.

Buyer must pay all import duties, taxes and charges

Please do not expect items to be as new, as they are antique or vintage and will of course show some signs of wear. All items are described as accurately as possible.

Multiple buys usually mean cheaper packing and postage costs except when overseas purchases exceed 2 kilos.

Items will be posted within 48 hours of payment received

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