The 4 closeups which can be enlarged in the first post has many "trace lines which were not followed when the piece was chased.There are also a...
Did the "Prof" state which language the the script was? Ottoman Turkish was written different than standard Arabic.With the pattern "trace/guide"...
EHHH or HHHE looks like Morse code.
They would need to be tested,any stone/glass marble would be at room temperature after a couple of hours and could feel cold in a warm room.
It does have a number of tracing/guide lines that were not "cleaned up" after the chasing was done.
Looks like a flag pole finial.
The stones do not appear to be opal,probably some type of glass.
No doubt well used and abused,the right spur appears to have been broken and re-welded.And there appears to be "chrome" plating pealing in spots.
They look like tourist items... the wheel is cast and they appear to be die stamped not engraved,nowhere near "show" quality.
It looks like a 1940's U.S. Navy officer's button,but the "eagle" is facing the wrong direction.
The metal/wood object looks like a straight razor.
Looks more like mid to late 70's at the earliest.
You can Google "Gurhan Saks Fifth Avenue" ,just one example.There are hundreds of locations worldwide selling 24K gold jewelry and watches.
Sorry ,but the comment that 24K gold and pure silver jewelry is very wrong.It is very common in Asia and the Middle East along with high end...
Photos are hard to compare with most objects.Your's looks like a $200 street vendor's piece compared to a $2500 Master's work.
Unless something has changed since October.... there are only 3 states which ban the sale of ivory....
Someone's rendition of Themis,Goddess of Justice.The scales of justice in her left hand.
Chasing is not engraving.... engraving removes metal,chasing moves/compresses metal.The back of the case looks die struck,the die was engraved.
Looks like Steve messed up the first description of chasing,not sure why no one spotted it. The first set of photos can be magnified with the...
Not sure why,your question? The OP's statement in the first post"I liked it due to the fine engraving". Simple answer is the "plate" is chased...
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