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Good day, Have been examining your piece since you posted it. In general form it appears to be an Arab coffee pot, although the human figure on the finial is not usual unless it was made for the tourist market or export. How large is this piece? Would you mind showing all of the marks that may also ...

Right Barton, we're only talking about cleaning the small section with the script.

Good luck.
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Good Day,

Try H.H. Curtis & Co.

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Warren

Good day, The mark appears to read as AIM, the rest reads as: STERLING 925 mystery mark R.G.? Guadalajara, Mexico Can you clean up then reshoot the second line in particular may give you more information. A well chewed wooden toothpick with some silver polish should work. Locating a copy of the The ...

Persian actually, allow me to quote a friend who translated this for you: YA MUHAMMAD, YA ALI It could be a Sunni and/or Shia calling on Muhammad and Ali for help. But there is a problem, both Muhammad and Ali are written in a derivative form. I hope that someone would read it differently. There sec...

After reexamining the single image, it appears to be an Ottoman Sultan's turghra that has been double struck. Try gently cleaning it out the mark with a chewed wooden toothpick and a little silver polish then reshooting. At the very least rotate it counterclockwise one position. There are a number o...

Good day, Some very interesting marks but you might have better luck with a response if you crop enlarge then try to enhance the contrast and/or sharpness. Showing the single mark rotated once or twice may help discern which way is up. The middle mark in the second image has the same problem. After ...

FYI George, your images are far too small and out of focus to see. If you read the posting rules here value is not discussed.

Good luck
Warren

And a very good point Cheryl, that is a possibility we can't rule out. Believe that part of the gold decoration we are looking at is Buddhist. Would love to see the turquoise myself.

Warren

Good Day Nancy,

Southeast Asia might be a better start. Read through www.925-1000.com/a_yogya.html and do click on the additional links there which you will enjoy.

Hope this helps.
Warren

Just as an FYI that before I halted my search that included examining Berber and Tuareg Design elements which did not seem a satisfactory match, was starting to look at Kabbalistic amulets. Hebrew and Arabic are both Semitic languages written right to left. These three forms are not joined which in ...

Thank you Maurice, Your comment allowed me to return to silverfan's correct identification of a charivari or Schmuck Kette chain worn around the waist with traditional Bavarian attire. The particular example in Wikipedia exhibited several items such as a boar's head, boar hair, bird claw, tusk, hand...

Gentlemen, What we appear to be looking at is the triple root system of a human molar. Will be attending a social event tomorrow evening, let me ask my dentist what he thinks of the tooth itself. I'll also shoot this post to an extremely knowledgable friend In Arabic and other languages to see it it...

Yes, these are one again Hanau pseudo-marks ca. 1900. My research has enabled me to attribute these marks to J.D. Schleissner Söhne, although it is to be noted that Ludwig Neresheimer used a very similar - but not identical - set of marks. Dear Blakstone, Do realize that this is a very old post bu...

An interesting comment AG2012, I had done the same thing with an Ottoman Turkish beaker to three very well educated Turkish friends. But all they were trying to do was read was a date. They explained that during the Ottoman Turkish empire which was so vast they used three calendars: the Islamic, Gre...

Thank you so much Zilver2 that was a great article.

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Warren

Maurice, That was extremely helpful, both marks are placed opposite the silver guarantee mark just as you indicated. These like so many others appear to be just bits and pieces although there was one post at 925 that showed almost a complete image of an ant. And one counter mark of mine shows what a...

Maurice, Was wondering if I might pose a follow up question on the other mark there, the one that Christiane described as a filigree mark. Had completely dismissed similar marks as imperfections on two French spoons until very recently when I more closely observed that one of them contained a partia...

Granmaa, I believe the language your looking at is Farsi or Persian. The elderly gentleman appears to be a wandering Dervish or Sufi. The shape of the bowl is not correct for a kashkul or begging bowl. Are there any marks on the bowl, they will assist those more experienced than myself with identify...

Trev,

Was just looking at the H.CX hallmark site, do see what your saying about an Algerian connection on the other mark. The examples there appear to be the name of a silversmith inside a double diamond cartouche.

Warren