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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 602034, member: 2844&quot;]Lovely brooch, Moroccan, early 20th century.</p><p>The 006 is 900 upside down.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/wink.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=";)" unselectable="on" /> The 900 mark was mostly used in the royal city of Fez, before 1925. In those days the fineness of .900 was approximate, with a fair tolerance.</p><p><br /></p><p>The flower with eight petals signifies the wearer was Arab or Moorish Muslim. Other faiths and ethnicities had other symbols or flowers with fewer petals.</p><p>The Arabs originally came from the Middle East, and colonised Morocco and other parts of North Africa. In this region Moor(ish) is generally a name used for people with mixed Arab and Berber ancestry.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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