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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 2295582, member: 2844&quot;]I have very little info prior to 1916. When it comes to a rough date of earlier pieces, I combine the info I have from other North African countries during Ottoman rule, and the other Ottoman marks.</p><p>Ottoman North Africa was largely semi-autonomous, and had particular local marks, which I don&#039;t see on this spoon.</p><p><br /></p><p>The oval mark is often seen on Turkish Ottoman silver, so I think the spoon could be Turkish or possibly European Ottoman, rather than Egyptian or Arab. The silver fineness in the Ottoman empire was usually ca .800 or .900.</p><p>This is the Tughra mark the right way up:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]258263[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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