Featured Any idea of the age of this piece?

My mother in law gave me a bunch of old jewelry and I came across this. It looks like there might have been a marking on it at one time but wore down. Or it could just be my imagination. It is very heavy and measures about 2"

 

Gorgeous, Michelle. It looks like it is based on a fibula which has been turned into a brooch/pendant.
The disc shape could be Algerian, but the decoration looks Middle Eastern.
There could be tiny marks around the edge. Every minute indentation could be a mark.

To give you an idea, this was once an Algerian fibula, but it lost it's central pin and was turned into a pendant:

 

Thank you!

 

Pleasure, Michelle. Will you let us know if you find a mark? There could be several. And if possible, please show it, although they can be a pain to photograph. If I see it/them, I can probably be more precise about country and rough date.

 

See a mark looks like something but I might be nuts. Here is a zoomed in pic.

 

Yes. Did you mean around the edges?

 

Yes, for instance, this is a brooch from Tunisia:


The seller thought there were no marks, but there were, a total of 7.
Marks on the front, hidden in the twisted edge:



On the pin, another favourite:


And on the back:

 

I don't think that's a mark, but you're on the right track.

 

Wow.

 

I know, right?? !

 

Not sure if this is anything. I am still trying to get clear pics sorry.

 

Michelle, I take my images at a very high resolution for my ads, and I have to scale them down to fit on forums. Done properly, they'll zoom out in high focus when clicked.

You'll need to do that if you start researching a lot of items with tiny details.

I can barely figure out how I manage to do it, but maybe @i need help can...help

I start with 1:1 2160x2160 images, then scale to 900p x 150dpi

There are many formulas to get there.

 

Will try that.

 

Sorry, I can’t offer any advice on that. Seems like scouts knows more about that than I.

 

Looks like there could be something there.
It also helps if you don't hold it in your hand (movement) but put it down on a piece of paper, preferably white so as much natural light as possible is reflected.
I sometimes photograph small items on the back of an envelope. I think I did the Tunisian brooch and details that way.

 

I would photograph through a loupe, but I’m very low tech!

 

I'm too stupid to do that.

 

Ohh STOP!