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Hands - Help with ID needed

This delicate silver bracelet has two Tunisian "tête der maure" silver stamps (in can be seen on the bottom hand). I assume it's a newer urban fashion, but would love to know more...
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  • Hand grabbing a flower is a big common feature in old Algerian jewels. possibly inherited from ottoman times. I have seen it in many many pieces of old jewels from Algeria and les so from tunisia and Libya..... But almost exclusively on belt buckles!

    This is a very nice bracelet

  • Thank you Alaa, now that you are mentioning belt buckles I remember the motif. I am just puzzled by this bracelet and wonder how old/new it may be.... But it's definitely attractive.

  • Very beautiful and elegant hands, Betty. It certainly looks urban. Are the flowers above the plain bracelets also attached to bracelets?

  • Thank you Thelma. Yes, the larger flowers are attached to the bracelet. I was just looking for a photo of showing the reverse, but it seems I forgot to take one...

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