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Floral engraved silver box
Floral engraved silver box
Recently came across this box with unknown marks on the inside. I haven’t been able to find anything online beside the fact that it’s possibly Persian? Does anyone have any idea what any of these symbols are?
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Re: Floral engraved silver box
Really botched my initial post by posting images that don’t show up. Finally figured out how to work this and have attached the clickable images below.
Re: Floral engraved silver box
Hello!
This is the work of an Armenian maker from the Turkish city of Van. Photo 1 - the word “Van” in Armenian, photo 2 - the word “Van” in Arabic, photo 3 - the mark of the manufacturer in Arabic (unfortunately unknown to me). On the Internet you can find interesting book about silver from Van: Osep Tokat "Armenian Master Silversmiths", Van Publishing, 2005.
Regards.
This is the work of an Armenian maker from the Turkish city of Van. Photo 1 - the word “Van” in Armenian, photo 2 - the word “Van” in Arabic, photo 3 - the mark of the manufacturer in Arabic (unfortunately unknown to me). On the Internet you can find interesting book about silver from Van: Osep Tokat "Armenian Master Silversmiths", Van Publishing, 2005.
Regards.
Re: Floral engraved silver box
Hello
The top image is Armenian and looks like Վան which is Van, a city in Eastern Turkey
The middle image is Persian (or Ottoman Turkish) وان and is also Van
In this forum there have been quite a few images posted which have this stamp
The bottom image is Persian تبریز which is Tabriz a city in north western Iran.
Van and Tabriz are about 250 km apart and in the early 1900s Tabriz had an Armenian population of roughly 30,000
There is an interesting note about the Van school of silverwork and Tabriz at https://hetq.am/en/article/99774
Hope this helps
Damon
The top image is Armenian and looks like Վան which is Van, a city in Eastern Turkey
The middle image is Persian (or Ottoman Turkish) وان and is also Van
In this forum there have been quite a few images posted which have this stamp
The bottom image is Persian تبریز which is Tabriz a city in north western Iran.
Van and Tabriz are about 250 km apart and in the early 1900s Tabriz had an Armenian population of roughly 30,000
There is an interesting note about the Van school of silverwork and Tabriz at https://hetq.am/en/article/99774
Hope this helps
Damon