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  Lynn Ardent January 31, 2016 at 8:13pm

  Fantastic photo.  I adore those bracelets.  :) 
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  Alaa eddine SAGID January 31, 2016 at 8:49pm

  These beauties fit only on princesses arms.
  Wonderful cuffs
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  ingrid Langerak January 31, 2016 at 9:15pm

  Zambesi, these are the most beautiful worked RAshAida cuffs.  But they look so new and perfect work, so I wonder are they original, or copied by more skilled jewelers?  Could you possibly make more photos of them, I am now so curious. Gr. Ingrid.
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  TD January 31, 2016 at 9:58pm

  Thank you Lynn, Alaa and Ingrid for your lovely comments.  Ingrid, they are indeed in wonderful condition (expect the pins were missing, so I had to make my own).  I got them from a lady who has collected Ethnic Jewellery for 40+ years.  She told me that they had been in her private collection for many many years, and she had gotten them from a lady who had inherited these pieces sometime in the 1930s, but who was willing to part with them as they did not fit her.  Below are a few more photos.  I also recently found a 19th century Omani/Yemeni Islamic pendant, (while looking for a cross reference of some beads that I recently acquired) and was interested to note that there were similarities in the details, between this pendant and my cuffs.   
  
  
  
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  ingrid Langerak January 31, 2016 at 10:09pm

  Thank you Zambesi, They are for sure one of the most beautiful set and Koran box.  Nothing but perfect work.  Lucky lady. What a skilled work.  I love also the history of the original collector.  1930 must have been most interesting story how they got there. Most probably diplomatic missions.  Nice of you to react so soon.  So good for me to see that they are the genuine work, now that I could see the inside. Thank you so much.  Warm greetings Ingrid.
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  Lynn Ardent January 31, 2016 at 10:22pm

  They are beautifully well kept.  The inside however speaks their age, you can see where the thin sheet is wearing through and you can start to see the outer designs through it.  This is typical wear for this style and silver alloy of Rashaida cuffs.
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  TD January 31, 2016 at 10:33pm

  Thank you both.  Lynn, I have just double checked the silver content, and I can confirm that these are high silver content; my acid test came up bright or dark red (no brown shading) so according to my test kit must be at least 925 silver. 
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  ingrid Langerak January 31, 2016 at 10:40pm

   Hi Lynn, I do not agree with you termination of silver alloy. To me they do look as proper 2nd grade silver, from the Maria Theresa thalers which  are made of 825/1000 silver  which is considered the accepted silver content of the Netherlands, Germany 800/1000, France both 925/1000 and 800/1000. Italy 800/1000 only England uses sterling as their standard 925/1000.  So looking at the photos of Zambesi's' cuffs, they are good silver cuffs and not an alloy. For me when you say silver alloy that refers to the silver pieces lower than 700/1000 and often as low as 600/1000.   Do you agree with this? GR. Ingrid.
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  Lynn Ardent February 1, 2016 at 2:53am

  That's wonderful Zambezi and very good to know that this wear pattern appears on sterling grade silver as well!  Ingrid, you are right and per Zambezi I am mistaken.
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  Cordelia Donohoe February 1, 2016 at 12:12pm

  They are lovely cuffs indeed but unlikely to be 925 silver. Most probably between 800 and 915. The silver acid is a rough guide really for anything above 700 parts. And it has to be really fresh. Ie under 6 months old. Alloy, I always thought meant any thing not 999 parts silver?