Featured Superb silver plate tray, but who?

Discussion in 'Silver' started by Ownedbybear, Jan 23, 2016.

  1. Ownedbybear

    Ownedbybear Well-Known Member

    Bought this yesterday. REALLY good quality, that's real lapis. I can't find anything on the ARMAN PLATE mark, and also, that other logo looks like it might be a very stylised name. Anyone please?

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  2. gregsglass

    gregsglass Well-Known Member

    Hi OBB,
    Oh my. I love that tray.
    greg
     
  3. daveydempsey

    daveydempsey Moderator Moderator

    There is one in completed eBay sales, did you buy it on eBay ?
     
  4. TheOLdGuy

    TheOLdGuy Well-Known Member

    I also like that. What are the dimensions?
     
  5. Aquitaine

    Aquitaine Is What It IS! But NEVER BORED!

    It's a lovely plate! Looks like someone's having fun hiding his/her signature!!!
     
  6. Ownedbybear

    Ownedbybear Well-Known Member

    No, davey, bought it at a local market yesterday for five quid. ;) Hadn't spotted the Ebay one, what did you search on?

    It's about nine and a quarter by six and a quarter inches.
     
  7. Ownedbybear

    Ownedbybear Well-Known Member

    OK, this is weird. I've found the completed listing and I swear it's the tray I bought. The seller isn't actually that far from where I got it, either. I reckon that's mine! ;)
     
  8. daveydempsey

    daveydempsey Moderator Moderator

  9. Mill Cove Treasures

    Mill Cove Treasures Well-Known Member

    Love the tray. Now there is a great example of how quality photographs make a world of difference.
     
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  10. Ownedbybear

    Ownedbybear Well-Known Member

    I did indeed get it cheaper! It'll be the same person, I'd think.

    Thank you for the kind words on the photos. :) It's not rocket science, really, it's lighting and a decent camera. Mind you, silver is easier to photo than glass.

    I still want to find out more about this thing. That logo has to mean something, I reckon.
     
  11. afantiques

    afantiques Well-Known Member

    It says 'Liberty' to me. The shop, not the concept.
     
  12. Ownedbybear

    Ownedbybear Well-Known Member

  13. afantiques

    afantiques Well-Known Member

    That ebay one appears to have a date on the bottom in 2005. The seller thinks it is solid silver.
     
  14. komokwa

    komokwa The Truth is out there...!

    Sellers can be so funny !!!!
     
  15. daveydempsey

    daveydempsey Moderator Moderator

    Having completed a little forensic photographic enlargement
    there is no doubt that the one you have purchased is the one from the ebay link.
    Compare the cracks in the lapis on the head crest.

    Ebay Pic.
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    Your Pic.
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  16. Ownedbybear

    Ownedbybear Well-Known Member

    Thanks davey - I had a good look at the listing, and I agree with you. They're not actually cracks, but typically lapis veining.

    The more I look at this thing, the more I think Persian, especially as it's where much lapis comes from. I need a Farsi speaker!
     
  17. daveydempsey

    daveydempsey Moderator Moderator

    I know a Farsi speaker, I`ll put the image on my phone and show him next time I see him.
     
  18. Ownedbybear

    Ownedbybear Well-Known Member

    Thank you! That would be really useful.
     
  19. daveydempsey

    daveydempsey Moderator Moderator

    Ta Dah..................result.

    It is a mixture of Farsi with a hint of Arabic, My friends Masoud and Nadi managed to decipher it.
    Because it is stylised they had to write out each letter until it formed a word and then translate it to English.

    The maker is Hassan Ben Ali, a well known Persian maker.

    Below are their notes, :D

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  20. Ownedbybear

    Ownedbybear Well-Known Member

    You STAR! Huge thanks. Really really appreciated. I could see the stylisation: he'd made his name into a piece of artwork, but I'd no clue what it said.
     
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