Damon Thank you for the info. Of course VAN. It's also a W. Didn't know that. I'll look up the Armenian script and see if I can transliterate the other cartouche. Bob
The box has a picture of a city on the top with an Arabic word which my Iraqi friend reads as WAN. The same mark on the inside with another that he can't read. The box looks Persian or Mughal or something like that to me but I don't know really. I'd be very grateful for any help . . . . . Here's the...