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Hello Ricahrd

The tray is Moroccan

The text in the middle image reads

Worked by Al Sanhaji Abdel Karim Fes

The text in the bottom image reads

Product of the House of the Peacock (Dar at Tawoos)

I expect that this is silver plate

Hope this helps

Damon

Believe this is Brunei بروني which is on Borneo in SE Asia

There was a famous medieval Persian scientist/humanist whose name is Biruni بیرونی or Al Biruni البيروني

Damon

The square building on the one vessel is the Kaaba in Mecca Immediately above it is written in Arabic "Makkah Muazzama" - glorious Mecca. This looks like a memento from Saudi Arabia- perhaps from the Hajj or Umra. I expect that the item was made in India or Pakistan. The script in the roun...

An almost identical mark is described on another silver site as:

"marked by parvaresh( i think reza parvaresh)
parvaresh is greatest family in Isfahan in making handcrafted silver."

If you would like the link, pls pm me

Regards

Damon

This is Moroccan from Fes

Damon

The language on the band is Turkish.

I believe that Bassoy, Okan, Kaplongi and Gurtunca are personal names. Bingol is the name of both a Turkish city and a province.

It may be that the band was added so I don't know if the item is Turkish.

Hope this helps

Regards

Damon

The word in the third image from the top is "ofiyet" (modern Turkish spelling) which means "good health" or "bon appetit"

Definitely more secular than sacred.

If I figure out the other word, I will post.

Damon

The Ottoman script on the base reads - Van - a city in eastern Turkey.

Prior to WWI it had a sizeable Armenian population.

I am sure the other stamp with non Roman letters is Armenian.

Don't understand the inscriptions on the side of the vessel.

Damon

Looks like Berber from southern Morocco or Algeria

Script may be Tifinagh or neo-Tifinagh

Damon

بروني = Brunei

Damon

Brunei in Jawi script

Brunei is a small country on the island of Borneo in SE Asia

Damon

I believe this is called a hirz (or hirtz) in Arabic - likely from Yemen or Oman.

Often worn suspended from a necklace.

Damon

Polly The script is Jawi which is Arabic script used in Malaysia The word is Kelantan - a state in northern Malaysia which has a tradition of silverwork There have been about a dozen posts in the Middle East forum over the past two years which ask about this word but I was focussed on Arabic and end...

This is Van, a city in eastern Turkey. Ottoman Turkish script is much like Arabic. The other script is likely Armenian. Van had a significant Armenian population in the 1800s.

Regards

Damon

It says "Brunei" which is a small country in south east Asia.

The Jawi script is based on the Arabic script


Damon

Looks Iranian

It reads on the left "84" and on the right "Reza" which is a man's name.

Regards

Damon

Sorry. Don't know enough about Moroccan silverwork to hazard a guess.
Damon

Pat,

It is Moroccan. The lower line says Dar al Ghazal, Fas or House of the Gazelle, Fes. Can't make out the full upper line but the middle word is Saeed.

Hope this is helpful.

Regards,

Damon