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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 392310, member: 2844&quot;]Not at all. Most people don&#039;t like several generations of grease and grime on their jewellery.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/wink.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=";)" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/biggrin.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":D" unselectable="on" /> The first thing I do when a piece of jewellery comes in the house, is give it a gentle bath, if the materials allow. Then I see if further cleaning is necessary.</p><p><br /></p><p>Exact dating of Berber jewellery is best through marks or the feel of the silver, because imagery remained roughly the same for centuries. </p><p>Most antique-vintage Berber jewellery dates from between 1850 and 1950.</p><p>If the Tripoli mark is based on the Municipio di Tripoli crest and period (great research again, [USER=5718]@i need help[/USER]), I would say post-1934. </p><p>If I am correct, those Municipios were instituted in Italian ruled Libya in 1934, but you know more about Italian history. The Allied Forces took over in 1943, but existing marks could have been used for some years after that.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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