Featured vintage? silver Tibetan? cuff bracelet

spotted this in a charity shop window from about 20 paces away. ridiculously cheep and tests as silver (heavy)

i got my hopes up, but usually get deflated with the silver test, but this came up trumps

cleaned an area and has odd little cross hatched marks/hallmarks

any thought as always appreciated

 

Arab ?

 

Congrats on acing the silver test, Ches!

 

Gorgeous, charlie. It is a typical North African style, and I think I see older Moroccan marks.
The central panel is Arabic calligraphy (upside down. Allah?), which you don't generally see in Tibet.

 

another mark i found on it looks like a bird on a branch

 

thanks buddy, doesnt happen very often with unhallmarked pieces

 

many thanks Aj, what would i do without ya

probably get a lot of things wrong thats what !

 

It could be the Moroccan 'works of art' (?) mark, introduced in 1925.

Uhmmm......

 

https://www.etsy.com/de/listing/664180602/altes-tribal-armband-arabisches-armband

 

I'm sorry, that is not in the same league as charlies bracelet.
The seller clearly hasn't got the foggiest, and is guessing Arabian because of the camels and hamsas. And tribal always sounds good, right?

It is a plated bracelet, mass produced for the North African souvenir market, but probably not in North Africa.
Could have been made in France or Italy, I have seen them sold by street vendors in France and Italy.
France has always produced souvenirs for North Africa, and Italy has a tradition of making Orientalist jewellery, thanks to centuries old ties.

 

https://www.catawiki.com/es/l/92334...-usado-entre-1838-1919-pieza-de-coleccionista

Going down and looking at the details.

 

That's more like it! Except the seller apparently didn't know that the crab mark was also used in North Africa.
Charlies bracelet has a local Moroccan mark as well, the one with the cross-hatching, which is typically used in some Moroccan towns.

 

The cross-hatched town marks on either side of the top of the hinge::

 

Thanks Aznathalie, that's very similar, impressive

The Info seems a bit guesswork to me, I know who's information I trust more (by a long mile)

 

They did some research, but reached the wrong conclusion. They are also confused about the dates of the crab mark, it was used until 1984:


small objects fineness 800/1000 until 1984 (Paris: left - Departments: right)

http://www.silvercollection.it/frenchhallmarks.html

It wouldn't have been used that long in North Africa though. After independence the usage slowly stopped.

 

Did some digging in my photos, and the cross-hatched mark was also used in Tunisia.
Here is one of my Tunisian brooches with the same mark next to a Tunisian Moor's head mark:

 

You jammy sod! Very nice.