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I see for K ince on auctions site says "probably Hungarian"
somewhere els "bohemian"

the letters armenian letters Գ.Ի. are for initials
G. I.

thank you, oh, sorry I wanted only to refer to the source not to the book shop , the writer did some searches and bring very nice examples of niello ,,, only I dont know yet how to post photos hier ,,, I am working on the list of Armenian crafman mostly silversmiths and goldsmiths in Van, there were...

armenian letters says gifted
from S. to A.

the mark is in arabic letters , probably persian, seeing the date
ottomans used arabic alphabet it before Atturk...

hi replay is littel late Intniales are Armenian, (J,P) niello from Western Armenian city Van, could be Hovsep Or (Jovsep in Western armenian dialect) Hovsep Pochovian was one of armenian silversiths in Van, there were more than 100.. Հովսեփ Պոչովյան he left Van to Rostov after genocide and later to ...

hi I new, I was searching for niello work from armenian silversmiths and I have foud this forum, the cup has armenian inisiales , T.A. ( could be inisiales the one who made it) there was Tigran Avagian silversmith in Van, could be his work Van is one of Western Armenian cites, unther the ottoman emp...

hi,
indeed it has armenian initiales
says " from H. to G."

the rest has to be compared with ottoman or persian stamps ,,,,