Please help with figuring this out

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Maik
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Please help with figuring this out

Postby Maik » Sun Feb 28, 2021 7:27 am

Can anybody help me figuring out what the hallmarks signify with respect to era, maker and anything else that will help know anything about my grandmother? Those are on a purse that I found...

https://photos.app.goo.gl/rGvLbzmQ7oJ7vcjSA

Thanks in advance,


Michael

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Re: Please help with figuring this out

Postby dognose » Sun Feb 28, 2021 7:33 am

Hi Michael,

Welcome to the Forum.

Please embed your images.

Trev.

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Re: Please help with figuring this out

Postby Maik » Sun Feb 28, 2021 9:10 am

So here goes

Can anybody help me figuring out what the hallmarks signify with respect to era, maker and anything else that will help know anything about my grandmother? Those first three are on a purse that I found...
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Thanks again, and apologize for the fisrts post.

Michael

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Re: Please help with figuring this out

Postby AG2012 » Sun Feb 28, 2021 10:06 am

Hi,
It was made in Cairo, Egypt, in 1917- 1918 (date letter S in Latin). Cat national mark used before 1946.
Fineness .900.
See here:
https://www.925-1000.com/foreign_marks2.html
Regards

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Re: Please help with figuring this out

Postby AG2012 » Sun Feb 28, 2021 10:35 am

Cannot explain 800 mark. Fineness in Arabic alphabet numerals (in the first mark) is apparently 90 for .900 fineness.
Could it have been made elsewhere where .800 standard was legislated and then wrongly remarked in Egypt ? Less likely.
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Re: Please help with figuring this out

Postby Maik » Sun Feb 28, 2021 10:57 am

AG2012 wrote:Cannot explain 800 mark. Fineness in Arabic alphabet numerals (in the first mark) is apparently 90 for .900 fineness.
Could it have been made elsewhere where .800 standard was legislated and then wrongly remarked in Egypt ? Less likely.
Regards



Thank you so much for your time and effort! There are three marks on top and then one on the right by itself. What does the that signify? The maker?

Thx again

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Re: Please help with figuring this out

Postby AG2012 » Sun Feb 28, 2021 11:47 am

Everything is explained here

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Re: Please help with figuring this out

Postby Maik » Sun Feb 28, 2021 11:50 am

Ok thank you so much!!

Have a great day

M


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