Could this be Armenian?
Damon
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- Tue Apr 09, 2024 8:46 am
- Forum: Russian Silver
- Topic: What does that mean?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 367
- Sun Mar 31, 2024 9:48 pm
- Forum: Middle East
- Topic: Iran Silver spoon
- Replies: 3
- Views: 193
Re: Iran Silver spoon
Hello
Looks like عباس افضل - Abbas Afzal - which is a man's name
Damon
Looks like عباس افضل - Abbas Afzal - which is a man's name
Damon
- Tue Mar 19, 2024 10:13 am
- Forum: Middle East
- Topic: Box. Persia
- Replies: 4
- Views: 407
Re: Box. Persia
Hello
This appears much like the item and mark discussed at https://www.925-1000.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=63112
Hope this helps
Damon
This appears much like the item and mark discussed at https://www.925-1000.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=63112
Hope this helps
Damon
- Wed Mar 06, 2024 5:47 pm
- Forum: Middle East
- Topic: Could do with some help on this Persian/Iranian Box
- Replies: 4
- Views: 172
Re: Could do with some help on this Persian/Iranian Box
Hello again Upon closer examination the name could be سراگيان or Seragian (the K and G letters in Persian are quite similar) Also have found the other word - جهرمی or Jahrami (or Jahromi) See the last image at the bottom of this National Museum of Scotland link https://www.nms.ac.uk/explore-our-coll...
- Wed Mar 06, 2024 1:10 am
- Forum: Middle East
- Topic: Could do with some help on this Persian/Iranian Box
- Replies: 4
- Views: 172
Re: Could do with some help on this Persian/Iranian Box
Hello SilverK Above the 84 it looks like سرآکيان Sirakian. This is a family name. I am not 100% sure on this point but it is definitely a name which ends in "rakian" I don't understand the word beside ۷۴ in the other stamp In any event, neither say Isfahan - although that does not mean the...
- Sat Mar 02, 2024 11:07 am
- Forum: Family Crests
- Topic: Unknown Language & Meaning
- Replies: 2
- Views: 286
Re: Unknown Language & Meaning
Hello tux
This is Hebrew script but I can't translate.
If you search a pair of lions holding Torah scrolls under a canopy and a crown, you will likely find information about the imagery
Hope this helps
Damon
This is Hebrew script but I can't translate.
If you search a pair of lions holding Torah scrolls under a canopy and a crown, you will likely find information about the imagery
Hope this helps
Damon
- Thu Feb 22, 2024 10:55 am
- Forum: Middle East
- Topic: If I say Iran
- Replies: 4
- Views: 209
Re: If I say Iran
Looks like بیریائی Biria'i
A similar mark appears in the on line Kronfol collection of Iranian silver at the National Museum of Scotland at
https://www.nms.ac.uk/explore-our-colle ... ollection/
Scroll to almost the very bottom
Damon
A similar mark appears in the on line Kronfol collection of Iranian silver at the National Museum of Scotland at
https://www.nms.ac.uk/explore-our-colle ... ollection/
Scroll to almost the very bottom
Damon
- Sat Feb 17, 2024 10:21 am
- Forum: Middle East
- Topic: Unknow silver maker & retailer - Jerusalem 1940s
- Replies: 2
- Views: 232
Re: Unknow silver maker & retailer - Jerusalem 1940s
The Arabic هايمان is Heimann.
No help on the maker I realize.
Damon
No help on the maker I realize.
Damon
- Mon Feb 05, 2024 7:43 pm
- Forum: Middle East
- Topic: Tabriz/Persian Silverwork, late 1960s
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2601
Re: Tabriz/Persian Silverwork, late 1960s
This is a very old post and the photos have been deleted but I think it worth commenting In the marketplace, there are a number of Iranian pieces stamped VIGE with some speculation that this is a maker's name The word is ويژه which could be transcribed in Roman script as vige or vigeh. A standard tr...
- Mon Feb 05, 2024 3:07 pm
- Forum: Middle East
- Topic: Help with reading a mark
- Replies: 2
- Views: 831
Re: Help with reading a mark
Hello
Looks like Reza رضا which is a common Iranian name
See https://www.nms.ac.uk/explore-our-colle ... ollection/ and check the first silver maker's mark.
Damon
Looks like Reza رضا which is a common Iranian name
See https://www.nms.ac.uk/explore-our-colle ... ollection/ and check the first silver maker's mark.
Damon
- Mon Feb 05, 2024 3:00 pm
- Forum: Middle East
- Topic: Silver vase persia, trouble identifying
- Replies: 2
- Views: 184
Re: Silver vase persia, trouble identifying
Hello
The script appears to be برادران برداگي
The first word is baradaran (brothers) but the second would be transcribed in Roman script as bardagi. This is likely a family name so Bardagi Brothers or something similar.
Damon
The script appears to be برادران برداگي
The first word is baradaran (brothers) but the second would be transcribed in Roman script as bardagi. This is likely a family name so Bardagi Brothers or something similar.
Damon
- Tue Jan 30, 2024 12:18 pm
- Forum: Middle East
- Topic: Help with attribution of oriental box (No.2)
- Replies: 8
- Views: 849
Re: Help with attribution of oriental box (No.2)
Aleks
My apologies for misspelling your name
Damon
My apologies for misspelling your name
Damon
- Tue Jan 30, 2024 12:16 pm
- Forum: Middle East
- Topic: Floral engraved silver box
- Replies: 3
- Views: 239
Re: Floral engraved silver box
Hello The top image is Armenian and looks like Վան which is Van, a city in Eastern Turkey The middle image is Persian (or Ottoman Turkish) وان and is also Van In this forum there have been quite a few images posted which have this stamp The bottom image is Persian تبریز which is Tabriz a city in nor...
- Tue Jan 23, 2024 6:01 pm
- Forum: Middle East
- Topic: Help with attribution of oriental box (No.2)
- Replies: 8
- Views: 849
Re: Help with attribution of oriental box (No.2)
Thank you Alex Definitely Isfahan. In one of your images we can find the missing letters of the city name اصفهان . The initial "alef" is the vertical line below the letters and the final "nun" is the "bowl with a dot" above the letters. One word in the "arc" i...
- Sat Jan 20, 2024 6:43 pm
- Forum: Middle East
- Topic: Help with attribution of oriental box (No.2)
- Replies: 8
- Views: 849
Re: Help with attribution of oriental box (No.2)
Hello Alex I am not sure what "star" refers to The image which you posted with the script is upside down If you invert it then the top portion (the arc) has script which is Persian but only a couple pf letters are clear and I don't know what it says The lower portion (not sure how to descr...
- Thu Jan 18, 2024 10:22 pm
- Forum: Middle East
- Topic: Sudanese Tray from 1935
- Replies: 4
- Views: 411
Re: Sudanese Tray from 1935
Hello Jannie Correct. There is almost no information available about Sudanese silverwork. I too find several similar pieces on the web dating between 1922 and 1950. Saad Al Jadir, in his book Arabic and Islamic Silver (Stacey International 1981) says that Sudanese work is characterized by calligraph...
- Thu Jan 18, 2024 9:50 pm
- Forum: Middle East
- Topic: Help with attribution of oriental box (No.2)
- Replies: 8
- Views: 849
Re: Help with attribution of oriental box (No.2)
Hello
Looks Persian
The text is upside down but, if you flip it, the lower word looks like اصفهان (Isfahan) with the first and last letters missing.
The type of script also looks Persian although I can't make out particular words
Damon
Looks Persian
The text is upside down but, if you flip it, the lower word looks like اصفهان (Isfahan) with the first and last letters missing.
The type of script also looks Persian although I can't make out particular words
Damon
- Thu Jan 18, 2024 9:40 pm
- Forum: Asia & Middle East - Single Image
- Topic: 6x Persian - Iran? Cup
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1362
Re: 6x Persian - Iran? Cup
There are at least two words above the 84 but the second one (on the left) is more or less rubbed out The dots are all parts of different letters. The word which we see is صنعطي sanatiy. The translation is "industrial" but I think it can also refer to craft I am not aware that this is a Pe...
- Thu Jan 18, 2024 9:26 pm
- Forum: Other Countries
- Topic: A silver oil lamp, where does it come from?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 788
Re: A silver oil lamp, where does it come from?
The letters may be the Greek Σ Π (sigma and pi). If so, the the image is upside down.
Damon
Damon
- Mon Jan 15, 2024 7:48 pm
- Forum: Middle East
- Topic: Sudanese Tray from 1935
- Replies: 4
- Views: 411
Re: Sudanese Tray from 1935
Hello Jannie In the inner circle it reads "mabrouk" مبروك which means "blessed/blessings" or "congratulations" and 1935 ١٩٣٥ In the outer circle it reads "mabrouk alaik - shughghal fi omdurman" مبروك عليك شغّل في ام دورمان. I think a reasonable translation wou...