Ethopian? Iranian? crest
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Francais
Ethopian? Iranian? crest
I am guessing this is Ethiopian or Iranian from the crown, but that is just a guess.
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Francais
Re: Ethopian? Iranian? crest
Well I hope this is an abject apology, and an instruction to all, take and post lots of pictures. I posted this, knowing more than what I posted, but less than I know now. The mark on these is that of Delheid of Bruxelles. And here is a picture of what they are on. Two silver gilt spoons, the smaller having a flat bowl.
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So I thought it was a caviar set, which explains why it is silver gilt, I don't know how I came to that conclusion, perhaps I had similar pieces in the past. The crown was certainly out of the norm, as was the calligraphy. Recently I sent the monogram to a friend who has in the past been invaluable in deciphering foreign languages, at least those I can't recognize or read. He didn't recognize the monogram, or its origin. Now we know it is really out of the norm.
So I went to a book on world coins. I saw a similar crown. Ethiopian. Now, I thought there is something wrong here, caviar in Ethiopia, sounds odd, and maybe even dangerous. But I checked out the odd three lobed cartouche and the calligraphy, and sure enough they are those of Ethiopia, and Haile Selassie.
So I checked to see if he was connected with Caviar. Yes evidently quite a lot was imported by him from Russia, and he was known to serve it.
So I checked on his relation to Delheid, sure enough, his gold cigarette case was made by them.
I could only find one other example of this crest on silver, and it was too small to be sure.
If I am wrong about the smaller spoon being a caviar spoon, I would like to here it, before I get in trouble.
So the lesson: we should always demand lots of photos, even from me.
By the way if this lesson is not to be lost, perhaps it should be moved to Other countries, or what is it.
Maurice
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If you want to practice on something I have already figured out. Stop here and give it a try.
DON'T READ ANY FURTHER.
So I thought it was a caviar set, which explains why it is silver gilt, I don't know how I came to that conclusion, perhaps I had similar pieces in the past. The crown was certainly out of the norm, as was the calligraphy. Recently I sent the monogram to a friend who has in the past been invaluable in deciphering foreign languages, at least those I can't recognize or read. He didn't recognize the monogram, or its origin. Now we know it is really out of the norm.
So I went to a book on world coins. I saw a similar crown. Ethiopian. Now, I thought there is something wrong here, caviar in Ethiopia, sounds odd, and maybe even dangerous. But I checked out the odd three lobed cartouche and the calligraphy, and sure enough they are those of Ethiopia, and Haile Selassie.
So I checked to see if he was connected with Caviar. Yes evidently quite a lot was imported by him from Russia, and he was known to serve it.
So I checked on his relation to Delheid, sure enough, his gold cigarette case was made by them.
I could only find one other example of this crest on silver, and it was too small to be sure.
If I am wrong about the smaller spoon being a caviar spoon, I would like to here it, before I get in trouble.
So the lesson: we should always demand lots of photos, even from me.
By the way if this lesson is not to be lost, perhaps it should be moved to Other countries, or what is it.
Maurice