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Featured Circular silver trinket case.

Discussion in 'Silver' started by daveydempsey, Jul 28, 2023.

  1. daveydempsey

    daveydempsey Moderator Moderator

    This appears to be a low grade silver Arabic style trinket case, pill box, I've polished it up and it looks a lot better than the pictures shown.

    Can anyone help with the marks please.

    Photos are awful.

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    daveydempsey, Jul 28, 2023
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  2. Any Jewelry

    Any Jewelry Well-Known Member

    Best Answer
    Beautiful!
    It is Persian (Iranian), and .840 silver.
    The mark is based on the Russian 84 zolotniki mark, the equivalent being .875 silver, but the Persians used it for .840 millessimal fineness.
     
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  3. Any Jewelry

    Any Jewelry Well-Known Member

    Thank you for the "Best Answer", Davey.:kiss::happy:
     
    Any Jewelry, Jul 28, 2023
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  4. daveydempsey

    daveydempsey Moderator Moderator

    Thank you AJ, great help.
     
    daveydempsey, Jul 28, 2023
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  5. bercrystal

    bercrystal Well-Known Member

    I have a feeling this is going to be a doozy of a house clearance!! :happy::happy:

    I can't wait to see what else you find in the coming days. :wideyed::wideyed:

    We would love to know some details as you have provided before about the original occupant. ;):happy::happy:
     
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  6. evelyb30

    evelyb30 Well-Known Member

    Anyone who had random bits of Persian silver kicking around might have all sorts of odds and ends.
     
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  7. daveydempsey

    daveydempsey Moderator Moderator

    It certainly is :D

    The guy aged 74 died suddenly at home in March.

    Family who are from out of town have searched the property and taken what they wanted or needed.


    I've taken out about £2.5k of 18k gold and some other silver jewellry, lots of tools, foreign currency, food and booze including Ouzo, Whisky, Sangria, Port, Sherry, Vodka, Cognac, bourbon, and cases of my favorite beer, Becks and Stella, plus the silver and China I have shown.
    All that was on a my preliminary 4 hour search.

    Its very large house and I estimate it will take probably 10 days to clear.

    I'm hampered by the fact that I need parking permits for each vehicle outside.

    It is a high illegal immigrant area and when they get a whiff of something moving they are like flies around shite.

    Thankfully due to religious and cultural habits they tend not to like dogs and I have permission from the relatives to have my dog on the premises whilst I'm there.

    Buzz just sits in the ground floor bay window staring out watching the world go by, bewildered why these scavengers just walk or run quickly away.:D
     
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  8. evelyb30

    evelyb30 Well-Known Member

    :D:D:D:D Good boy, Buzz!
     
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  9. komokwa

    komokwa The Truth is out there...!

    Wow !
     
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  10. bercrystal

    bercrystal Well-Known Member

    WOWSER!!! :jawdrop::jawdrop::jawdrop: :greedy::greedy::greedy::greedy::greedy::greedy: :woot::woot::woot::woot::woot::woot::woot::woot::woot::woot::woot:

    It sounds like if you can find some kind of goodies for Buzz everyone in the house will be very happy with this clearance. ;) :D:D:D

    I am just curious, do family & friends get to shop your liquor cabinet sometimes? There is no way you can drink everything you drag out of these house clearances & still function. :hilarious::hilarious::hilarious:

    We look forward to more photos along the way. :happy::happy:
     
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  11. komokwa

    komokwa The Truth is out there...!

    I'm curious how the family missed that much gold..........
     
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  12. evelyb30

    evelyb30 Well-Known Member

    All it takes are two or three nice chains and there ya go. People put jewelry in weird places too, or in the bathroom. You take it off before a shower or some such, and there it stays. (unless it's mine and it never went into the bathroom in the first place.) Then along comes a Davey and away it goes.
     
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  13. Lucille.b

    Lucille.b Well-Known Member

    The discovery of "cases of my favorite beer".... I'm sure that put a smile on your face, Davey.

    No doubt it is a ton of work this kind of thing, but I'm sure these surprise perks keep you going!
     
    Lucille.b, Jul 29, 2023
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