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<p>[QUOTE="say_it_slowly, post: 342251, member: 50"]Well I've spent many happy hours now wandering about Google images looking at lovely silver so can't complain about that. I can't say I'm greatly enlightened by the experience, probably more confused.</p><p><br /></p><p>On the Silver Forums among many posts I did find the recommendation for a book on silver marks of the region but as the book is over $200 I'll not be doing that right now. Especially since this particular mark is so damaged.</p><p><br /></p><p>Anyway, the construction and general style of my box seems to be most like "Persian" boxes found online however I'm not sure everyone knows what they have. I'm keeping an eye out for Turkish too. There seem to be many, many marks and since mine is so indistinct it's not very helpful. Some take to calling similar items Persian/Ottoman so that seems to cover a lot of bases.</p><p><br /></p><p>Below is a blurry mark I took directly from the website of silvermakers/dealers in Isfahan and while it doesn't appear to be my mark, the way it's stamped reminds me of the three stamped areas of mine though that means nothing. Just an observation. I'm not sure I know why the 925 website is on the bottom of their photo, wish I could read or speak more languages<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/frown.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":(" unselectable="on" />. </p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>Edit to add</b> that I found the reason the 925 website is on their photo of an Isfahan mark. It's from a discussion of silver piece.</p><p><a href="http://www.925-1000.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=12019&p=67743&hilit=persian+coffee#p67743" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.925-1000.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=12019&p=67743&hilit=persian+coffee#p67743" rel="nofollow">http://www.925-1000.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=12019&p=67743&hilit=persian+coffee#p67743</a></p><p><br /></p><p>So thanks for the help<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":)" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Mine</p><p>[ATTACH=full]115306[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.parvareshsilver.com/en/product-category/art-silver-products/natural-color-silver-products/decorative-products-natural-color-silver/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.parvareshsilver.com/en/product-category/art-silver-products/natural-color-silver-products/decorative-products-natural-color-silver/" rel="nofollow">http://www.parvareshsilver.com/en/product-category/art-silver-products/natural-color-silver-products/decorative-products-natural-color-silver/</a></p><p><img src="http://parvareshsilver.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/sidebar.png" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="say_it_slowly, post: 342251, member: 50"]Well I've spent many happy hours now wandering about Google images looking at lovely silver so can't complain about that. I can't say I'm greatly enlightened by the experience, probably more confused. On the Silver Forums among many posts I did find the recommendation for a book on silver marks of the region but as the book is over $200 I'll not be doing that right now. Especially since this particular mark is so damaged. Anyway, the construction and general style of my box seems to be most like "Persian" boxes found online however I'm not sure everyone knows what they have. I'm keeping an eye out for Turkish too. There seem to be many, many marks and since mine is so indistinct it's not very helpful. Some take to calling similar items Persian/Ottoman so that seems to cover a lot of bases. Below is a blurry mark I took directly from the website of silvermakers/dealers in Isfahan and while it doesn't appear to be my mark, the way it's stamped reminds me of the three stamped areas of mine though that means nothing. Just an observation. I'm not sure I know why the 925 website is on the bottom of their photo, wish I could read or speak more languages:(. [B] Edit to add[/B] that I found the reason the 925 website is on their photo of an Isfahan mark. It's from a discussion of silver piece. [URL]http://www.925-1000.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=12019&p=67743&hilit=persian+coffee#p67743[/URL] So thanks for the help:) Mine [ATTACH=full]115306[/ATTACH] [URL]http://www.parvareshsilver.com/en/product-category/art-silver-products/natural-color-silver-products/decorative-products-natural-color-silver/[/URL] [IMG]http://parvareshsilver.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/sidebar.png[/IMG][/QUOTE]
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