Featured Silver Vase - 19th to Early 20th CE Persian?

I hope that you are well. Any info on the below item would be very welcome. Here are my working assumptions and a few extra details:

A late 19th to early 20th century Persian (Qajar period) silver vase marked "84" silver standard and an unidentified maker's mark in Persian or Arabic. It weighs 199 grams and measures 13.5 cm tall x 7cm wide (at the widest point).

Many thanks,
Adam.

 

It is a beauty. I have its sibling, only a bit more slender.
I think you've nailed it. Just remember, although the 84 mark looks the same as the Russian 84 zolotnik mark, it doesn't mean the same. The Persian 84 mark stands for .840 silver fineness. It was introduced ca 1890.

 

Beautiful vase!

 

Very striking!

 

Purdy.

Debora

 

Nice piece. The name is (Mahmud) Rabi'i ربيع. Check under maker's marks at https://www.nms.ac.uk/discover-catalogue/remarkable-iranian-silver-the-kronfol-collection

 

Sadly, the dealer I wanted to purchase this from felt it more "prudent" to melt it down and put £270 in his pocket.

 

what an idiot..

 

And another beautiful piece of art goes down the drain....

 

With the price of gold so high I have noticed a lot of groups of unmounted cameos on eboo

 

This has happened before and no doubt will happen again. Hopefully in time the scarcity of these items will outweigh any intrinsic value of the metal content.

 

This story does have a happy ending, to this chapter at least. The chap passed by the shop and just as I began to share my views about the importance of seeing beyond the value of metal, he stopped me to say that he hadn't had chance to take it to his silver dealer yet. And here she is, on my desk!

 

Wonderful! Congratulations, and congratulations to the little beauty for having its life saved. Not only that, but it now has a butler who will wait on it hand and foot.

 

WOO HOO!!!!!!! Congratulations

 

Rescued!

 

Win , Win........... great news !!!!

 

Best bit of Persian news in 2 weeks.

This was already going on many years ago, even when the frame looked of minimal value. This cameo is by American cutter John C. King, as it looked when I first saw it for sale:



And as it looked the next time I saw it:

 

some clown fart wanted it out of the frame....real bad !!!

 

Pure vandalism.