Slightly OT help with Islamic silver: Origin and translation

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Originally Posted by colin henshaw

Hi Gene

A real guess - but it has the look of Sudanese work...

Regards.

Hi Colin,

It's thrown me TBH.
I was thinking Yemeni, but that was based on the construction of the tubes for the hinges strangely enough!

So I'm prepared to look further afield mate. Thanks for the idea.
Best
Gene

P.S. it's a hell of a little box. It's only about five inches on the longest side and it weighs nearly 300g