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<p>[QUOTE="Bronwen, post: 9276648, member: 5833"]Agree with OBB that the ring is not Egyptian. Not all Muslim countries use the Eastern Arabic system of numbers. From what I have found, the Emirates, while dealing in lots of gold, mark in a Western style. </p><p><br /></p><p>Syria uses Eastern Arabic numbers, an oval cartouche, & an abbreviation for the town where assayed. Scroll down to last mark shown:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.hallmarkresearch.com/html/archives.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.hallmarkresearch.com/html/archives.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.hallmarkresearch.com/html/archives.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Not sure how to factor in the pearls, but of course there is no reason they have to have been domestically produced.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Bronwen, post: 9276648, member: 5833"]Agree with OBB that the ring is not Egyptian. Not all Muslim countries use the Eastern Arabic system of numbers. From what I have found, the Emirates, while dealing in lots of gold, mark in a Western style. Syria uses Eastern Arabic numbers, an oval cartouche, & an abbreviation for the town where assayed. Scroll down to last mark shown: [URL]https://www.hallmarkresearch.com/html/archives.html[/URL] Not sure how to factor in the pearls, but of course there is no reason they have to have been domestically produced.[/QUOTE]
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