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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;DragonflyWink, post: 2296400, member: 111&quot;]Again, I only know they are Ottoman marks, and since the OP seems to believe the piece came from Egypt, believe it&#039;s a possibility...</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s an interesting post that I missed last year:&nbsp; <a href="https://www.antiquers.com/threads/marks-on-arabic-teaspoon-help-please.39695/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.antiquers.com/threads/marks-on-arabic-teaspoon-help-please.39695/">https://www.antiquers.com/threads/marks-on-arabic-teaspoon-help-please.39695/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Years ago, looked at Garo Kürkman&#039;s &#039;Ottoman Silver Marks&#039; (1996), but it was quite pricey and definitely not worth it for me - unfortunately, while some silver references go down in price with time, this one, like so many others, has only increased significantly.&nbsp; His site shows a few excerpts from the book, and this one, though low resolution and difficult to read (for me anyway), seems to indicate use of a tughra at the Egyptian assay office:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://kurkman.com/images/114-115.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://kurkman.com/silver.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://kurkman.com/silver.htm" rel="nofollow">http://kurkman.com/silver.htm</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>This group, sold at Sotheby&#039;s in 2006, doesn&#039;t show the marks, but describes Egyptian with tughras, citing Kürkman:&nbsp; <a href="https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot/f-a-magnificent-group-of-ottoman-silver-turkey-194-c-d43aaqbjdm#" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot/f-a-magnificent-group-of-ottoman-silver-turkey-194-c-d43aaqbjdm#" rel="nofollow">https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot/f-a-magnificent-group-of-ottoman-silver-turkey-194-c-d43aaqbjdm#</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Suspect there are other examples, but I&#039;m done looking...</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>~Cheryl[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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