Are these French and/or Arabic (???) marked plates?

jld · Post by **jld** » Wed Feb 18, 2009 8:03 pm

Hi, these are a pair of silver plates, 10 inches in diameter. Many years ago they were described as "French, from Paris, 1835", however I cannot match the marks to any French marks. I would like to know what and how old they actually are. Any assistance will be most appreciated! Thank you.

Post by **2209patrick** » Wed Feb 18, 2009 9:18 pm

Hello and welcome.

Believe those are Turkish marks used before 1923.
http://www.925-1000.com/foreign_marks.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

http://www.tugra.org/en/hakkinda.asp" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Pat.

jld · Post by **jld** » Wed Feb 18, 2009 9:36 pm

Pat,
Wow. Many thanks on the lightning reply! I can't believe I missed that on your marks page. I will study the tugra link you have shared --- it looks as if I may be able to date the plates by the specific tugra??

Again, thank you for your kind help.

Jerry.