Hebrew/ Egyptian ?

by shannon
(Houston TX USA)

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marking

We are looking to identify these markings which are on the back of a set of earrings brought to the US around 1940 from Saudi Arabia,


We Have been looking all over the net and found you here, So glad we did. We are still looking actively for the maker of these fine jewelry items and prehaps you can guide us in the right direction as nothing I have come across so far looks familiar.
these originally Contained what I believe to be Synthetic Russian Alexandrite/ or Corundum
thanks
Shannon P.


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Arabic Marks
by: Anonymous

Hi Shannon
thanks for writing in with your intriguing jewelry story!

Due to your families connections with Aramco, I thought you might be interested in checking out the
Aramco Expat Website.

The only piece of info, I can add to help solve this jewelry puzzle, is that the marks are arabic, which makes sense seeing the jewelry was originally purchased in Saudi Arabia. The first box in the image above contains the number 12. The second shield contains an Arabic letter of the alphabet.


Happy Hunting!
Yvonne Hammouda-Eyre
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Mom's Alexandrite

by S. Prade
(Houston TX)

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This piece I know came to the family during the 1940's via the 2nd Cousin of my mother who used to work for "Aramco" and was the head liaison during the start up. she (cousin) was confined to the compound during her stay in Saudi, as then women were not allowed/ Accepted in working alongside men in as much capacity during that day in time.

She (cousin) was introduced to and was courted by a Russian diplomat during her time over seas I'm not quite sure the rest of the story or what happened to her gentleman suitor and perhaps that is left untold. her return to the states was extremely successful and a few years later Upon My mother's Graduation from High school she bestowed two matching Earring gems to my mother then stated to be Alexandrites.

Reference: Wikipedia,(Saudi Aramco dates back to May 29, 1933, when the Saudi government signed a concessionary agreement with Standard Oil of California (Socal), allowing the company to explore Saudi Arabia for oil. Standard Oil of California assigned this concession to a wholly owned subsidiary called California-Arabian Standard Oil Co. (Casoc). In 1936 with the company having no success at locating oil, the Texas Oil Company purchased a 50% stake of the concession.)

Well my mother had them for years hidden away out of site and later had them turned into a matching pendant and Cocktail ring which suited her better.

The original hallmarks were left on the pieces and she was told by the gentleman @ Tiffany's who did the work to hold onto the piece which was removed from the original earring as identification for the set, well she did all these years.

this is what I now have the privilege to try an figure out. I am placing this on here in hopes of help but also to share. these are wonderful pieces and someone went through toil to produce these. I would like to find out who this was if possible.

I am also currently using every resource in my computer Knowledge to help mom regain her lost maker as to my understanding she kept the piece but lost the accompanied papperwork, which happens.

Well a due, and thank you for your time in reading and everyone's help. here are the photos I could get.

S. Prade



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What the marks say
by: Anonymous

Hello,
While you have the history of the piece via family, the hallmarks tell a different story. These marks are Egyptian. Without a closer, clearer, straight on picture it is difficult to be accurate on what the purity, the mark on the left, may say 23k or 12k. A better shot would reveal the city of assay as well. The other mark is a date hallmark. The one in your image was used from 1959-1962. You will have to resolve the story on your end for this one!

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