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Antiques! => Antique Questions Forum => Topic started by: Megan on June 05, 2015, 02:54:38 PM
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Here is another piece I have been researching for quite a while. What I know personally is only that a family member acquired this in Turkey (as is) in (roughly) the 60's.
This is a large tray 11.5". For obvious reasons I think it's quite old and then in researching it seems to resemble Ottoman pieces. The problem is...what are real Ottoman pieces. I would think genuine Ottoman pieces might be difficult to find but I think there are a lot of pieces listed as Ottoman that are not really Ottoman. In any event, that has made this one even more difficult to narrow down. I even believe the rip and repair on this piece is interesting and may even help to identify it but I have really hit a wall in researching it.
So, 11.5" (bowl type) tray. On the back is a mark of some kind. From the parts of the mark I can see, it looks like raised circles in a spiral shape.
I hope the images say what I couldn't and I appreciate any help or hint someone might have.
Thanks.
Megan
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Turkey is well known for producing relics. I am not saying that this is not very old. I am saying that you need to Google "Turkish Copper or Brass Plate" into "images" and do some cross checking.
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Hi again frogpatch.
That is actually almost exactly how I start searching. The only pieces I have found with some similarities are a couple of museum pieces. By similar I mean style, look of the metalwork, and the symbols on the piece. Having said this, I sure will try the search terms you suggested and see what comes up in a far more broad search.
Thanks! :)