Arabic Hallmark help ID, please!

[leslieglasser]

Thanks in advance to all who so graciously share their expertise. I thought this was an Egyptian mark from Cairo but I am not sure I'm even close and would love help in identifying the mark and the age and purity if that information is something that can be learned from the photo! My gut tells me 1940=50 and sterling.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/92019660@N02/8361981641/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/92019660@N02/8363044848/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/92019660@N02/8363045264/

[dnl]

While it would nice if we could tell you all you want to know about the piece, the hallmarks on these earrings are only a fineness mark. The image that has the hallmark closest says the item is made of 80% silver. The image of the hallmark on the other earring shows the assay office mark above the fineness better but is not close enough to really see the details enough to read it.

This style of hallmark is generally accompanied by other marks that would give indication of country and even year of the hallmark. With space limited, the item was marked with the most important hallmark - the fineness, essentially leaving off the remaining hallmarks that would give us more answers. Since the characters and format that make up these hallmarks are used by many of the Arabic countries, it is possible that the item was made in some country other than Egypt.

See if you can shoot these two marks again close up to show better detail and maybe the country can be determined if the town mark is readable.

Good Luck!

[leslieglasser]

Thanks so much for the info. I won't be able to get more photos of these but I'll try harder for the next subject of curiosity!