Bird or Unicorn Hallmark ?? HELP ??

[carlos1982]

HI,

I have a small silver bowl and the only hallamark is in the inside middle part of the bowl, it looks like a bird or maybe a unicorn or horse.Is this a hallmark for silver purity in some country or is it a maker mark? If any one could help me I would greatly appreciate it.

[Hose_dk]

Tungra - its from the Ottoman empire

Cpuld it be sharf? Please post Picture of item for more info.

[carlos1982]

Thanks for the reply, its a small bowl. More pictures below. Let me know.

[Hose_dk]

very nice. And its a bowl as you wrote. I had the idea of a tea holder. (but its not)
The tungra is the sulthan mark. Try to compair yours with these http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tughra
on the Picture under bottom it looks like an assayer zigzag line.
the tungra is pre 1923 - lets hope that some of our members can say more.

[AG2012]

Tughra mark of Turkey i.e. Ottoman Empire 1844 - 1925. It should have guaranteed 0.900 fineness but was not strictly obeyed.