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ahwt Posts: 2334 |
posted 01-27-2005 12:46 AM
  
Below are pictures of a silver caster that is about 3 ¼ “tall. It is unmarked and I do not know where it was made. I put it in this category as I thought that it may be from Eastern Europe and someone here may have a good idea of its origin. It appears to me to be silver and not plated as it is flexible and the lip on the lid is held by the base by friction and shows no sign of anything but silver. Also after the “French cup” and W & H/ H & G spoon I wanted to post something without any spurious marks. IP: Logged |
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Patrick Vyvyan Posts: 640 |
posted 01-27-2005 09:05 PM
A hunch, nothing more, but your piece has a Middle Eastern or Indian look? IP: Logged |
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blakstone Posts: 493 |
posted 01-28-2005 08:09 PM
I can only offer a guess, but I think late 19th - early 20th C. Persian. I once had a pair of rose water jars (sort of like small ginger jars) with very similar decoration which were signed & dated. (An Iranian friend translated for me!) I can't tell from your photo: is the decoration chased (punched in) or engraved (cut away)? Both techniques were used in Persian trade items, but deep engraving was by far the more common. IP: Logged |
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ahwt Posts: 2334 |
posted 01-29-2005 12:37 AM
Thanks Patrick and Blakstone. The decoration is punched in and I think what you say sounds to me to be a good guess. I have seen very little silver from that part of the world, but they no doubt must have been among the first to product silver objects. Art IP: Logged |
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