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DSC_0328 Old Hand- Engraved Bracelets-Libya

Posted by Mustafa J. Salem on April 28, 2015 at 9:34am
Quite old set of bracelets all hand-engraved. Fish motif which is not typical . Good quality silver '900'. Hall mark -Tripoli
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  • Mustafa J. Salem April 28, 2015 at 9:48am

    In many instances these types of bracelets in Libya are machine -pressed with fish and dove motifs. In some cases however, some hand-engraved items do appear in the market. These  have various types of styles depending on the silversmiths, but mostly have the dove and fish motifs .

  • Mustafa J. Salem April 28, 2015 at 9:53am

    Typical machine-pressed bracelt

  • Mustafa J. Salem April 28, 2015 at 9:55am

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  • Betty April 28, 2015 at 4:52pm

    Very beautiful, Mustafa. I like them a lot. Regards, Betty

  • Mustafa J. Salem April 28, 2015 at 6:29pm

    Thank you Betty for your kind comment

  • Peter Hoesli April 29, 2015 at 12:32pm
    This is fabulous Mustafa! I have a pair of machine pressed bracelets, which I like a lot (I previously posted them on this site) but to have a hand engraved pair is really special. Congratulations! Peter
  • Mustafa J. Salem April 29, 2015 at 7:25pm

    Thank you Peter: Yes I remember you posted for me the machine-pressed one which I thought it had a vey beautiful design and good patina. As You know the machine-pressed ones have more attractive look especially if they have good design and patina like yours. Hand engraved have the touch of hand and finger print of the mastersmith.. So each has its advantage..

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