Laurel Wreath Shield? On cuff bracelet, possibly Egyptian?

[galenagifts]

We recently purchased a cuff bracelet and have not been able to identfy it's mark anywhere. The pictures show it looks like it could be a laurel wreath with something like a shield in between it. It is marked on both ends of the braclet.

Two of the other pieces that came with it are Egyptian so we thought we might throw that out there. although that a lot of Americans used the Laurel Wreath.

Thank you for all your help!


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[admin]

Hi,
It is a Bedouin bracelet, this type is most often seen from western Egypt and beyond. I've come across this mark before, but it is one I have not found in any standard reference on silver marks. Your mark is not all that clear, but it contains towers with a sailboat in the foreground atop wavy lines, surrounded by a wreath. The imagery in the mark matches up with the arms of the city of Tripoli, so I strongly suspect it is a national mark used on silver from Libya.
Regards, Tom

[galenagifts]

Thanks for all the great info. Any idea what year (period) a piece like this would have been made?

[admin]

Tough to date these, especially with an unascribed mark. Sometime in the first half of the 20th C., at a guess.