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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 211957, member: 2844&quot;]An antique pendant which I love. </p><p>The seller said that it was first bought in Carthage, Tunisia, about 1910. Tunisia was French at the time. He thought it was silver with a gold mount at the back. I tested all parts, they are all 18k gold. The stones are sapphires, with pearl dangles.</p><p>The marks baffle me. There is a 740 mark (not 750) with what looks like an L and something else in a diamond shape on the white gold, like French marks. </p><p>And there are smaller marks on the rose gold, very worn. One looks like it could be a Tunisian &#039;tete de Maure&#039; or Moors head mark, the other could be French again.</p><p>The overall shape could be a stylised Hamsa, and there is a pentangle star in the centre, which is found throughout the Maghreb. A twisted yellow gold wire is missing, and possibly a small decoration with it, but I don&#039;t mind.</p><p>Any ideas on origin, period, and marks would be appreciated.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]62064[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]62065[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]62066[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]62067[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]62068[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]62069[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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