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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 7607164, member: 2844&quot;]Nice table, I haven&#039;t seen that bent stand before.</p><p><br /></p><p>I can certainly see the winged Fravahar, but I can&#039;t see the figures below it very well. I love a good Zoroastrian piece though, although I can never understand them the way Avestans and Zoroastrians do</p><p><br /></p><p>The script doesn&#039;t look like Avestan. With that Arabic look I guess it is Farsi.</p><p>While we do have someone who can decipher Arabic, Farsi is another language. The script is quite similar, so I&#039;ll tag [USER=64355]@GreekAntiques[/USER] for you anyway, you never know.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":)" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Yes, Iran is an important copper country. Your tray is tinned copper. They often plated copper with tin for the nice silvery look.</p><p>There were times when import of silver was impossible, due to wars or restrictions, so local tin was used. As a result, tinning became popular even when (expensive) silver was available.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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