posted on November 19, 2005 06:09:35 PM
This is another one of those little treasures my brother brings to me from time to time. This plate is about the size of a charger and was found buried in the ground. It's brass with silver and copper inlay, which was not evident when he found the plate because it had been in the ground. I'm conflicted as to its origin. It looks Arabic to me, but to him it looks like something from India.
Also, there is some verdigris on the plate. Any idea on how to remove this or should I not?
Thanks!
Cheryl
"Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter." - Martin Luther King, Jr.
posted on November 19, 2005 08:50:38 PM
How pretty! I can't answer your question about origin, but if the verdigris isn't too awful, I'd leave it on.
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posted on November 20, 2005 01:47:08 AM
Arabic script, and since it was buried you better call Vice Prez Rumfield and tell him you found one of Saddam's WMDs*
Don't attempt to clean as you'll remove the antique patena.
posted on November 20, 2005 02:25:39 AM
Methinks ye mean Draft-Dodger Dick?
Rummy be SEC OF DEFENSE...
"We look forward to hearing your vision, so we can more better do our job. That's what I'm telling you." —George W. Bush, Gulfport, Miss., Sept. 20, 2005
posted on November 20, 2005 05:51:49 AM
if you turn the last picture around,one of the designs look like a celtic heron bird.
/ lets all stop whining !! /
[ edited by hwahwa on Nov 20, 2005 06:16 AM ]
posted on November 20, 2005 06:45:43 AM
Looks Persian to me, Islamic of some sort at least. Leave it alone -- you can take off the patina, original surface, but you can't put it back on.
