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Silver ufo with hallmark

Posted: Sat Aug 10, 2024 8:47 am
by Vantlicht
This ufo looks really strange. It has a kind of a box, but you can't open it.
You cannot wear it on a necklace, so no idea where they use this for.
Also the country / maker is a mystery. It is marked.

Somebody who can help?

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Re: Silver ufo with hallmark

Posted: Sat Aug 10, 2024 12:49 pm
by oel
Originally perhaps a single locket, with a stuck hinge. Try some Imal to make the hinge work again.
The oriental looking decorative triangle with spatulas (2 missing) was added later, marriage.
Peter.

Re: Silver ufo with hallmark

Posted: Sat Aug 10, 2024 12:55 pm
by Aguest
:::: I had something like this once & do a search for "Chinese Opium Chatelaine" and it has something to do with the preparation of Opium. :::::

:::: The box part even looks like an opium poppy head, at least to my eyes, the search results seem to suggest that this is a Chinese Opium Chatelaine:

Re: Silver ufo with hallmark

Posted: Sun Aug 11, 2024 10:43 am
by Aguest
:::: The hallmark might indicate Persia? Indo-Persian? I've never seen one of these chatelaines with a hallmark, come to think of it.....:::::::::

Re: Silver ufo with hallmark

Posted: Sun Aug 11, 2024 10:54 am
by amena
In my opinion it could be of Indian origin. It could be a container for the red powder with which Hindu women make the sign on their foreheads.
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Re: Silver ufo with hallmark

Posted: Sun Aug 11, 2024 2:06 pm
by Aguest
:::: Initially I was thinking India because the tiny silver discs are similar to the tiny silver Chuckram coins of the Travancore Kingdom. :::::
::::: The hallmark might be in the script of the Travancore Kingdom, but there are so many separate languages and different cultures in India. ::::::

Re: Silver ufo with hallmark

Posted: Wed Aug 28, 2024 5:43 am
by Vantlicht
Many thanks of the different answers, this helps a lot!