A little help with an eastern silver bowl - no hallmark

[alexquinn8]

I recently purchased this silver bowl from an auction. It was going for melt down so I thought I'd rescue it from the pot!

It was described as an 'eastern silver bowl' it has no hallmarks that I can see. I understand that not all countries use hallmarks.

If anybody has any idea of what area it comes from or a a rough date based on the design I'd be most grateful!

Thanks in advance.







Alex

[rosmarinht]

This is clearly an old piece and possibly of notable historic significance; what about bringing it to a valuer/museum to have it looked at?