The same mark on the inside with another that he can't read.
The box looks Persian or Mughal or something like that to me but I don't know really.
I'd be very grateful for any help . . . . .
Here's the pics:
flummoxed by these marks
flummoxed by these marks
The box has a picture of a city on the top with an Arabic word which my Iraqi friend reads as WAN.
The same mark on the inside with another that he can't read.
The box looks Persian or Mughal or something like that to me but I don't know really.
I'd be very grateful for any help . . . . .
Here's the pics:
The same mark on the inside with another that he can't read.
The box looks Persian or Mughal or something like that to me but I don't know really.
I'd be very grateful for any help . . . . .
Here's the pics:
Re: flummoxed by these marks
This is Van, a city in eastern Turkey. Ottoman Turkish script is much like Arabic. The other script is likely Armenian. Van had a significant Armenian population in the 1800s.
Regards
Damon
Regards
Damon
Re: flummoxed by these marks
Damon
Thank you for the info. Of course VAN. It's also a W. Didn't know that.
I'll look up the Armenian script and see if I can transliterate the other cartouche.
Bob
Thank you for the info. Of course VAN. It's also a W. Didn't know that.
I'll look up the Armenian script and see if I can transliterate the other cartouche.
Bob