Ottoman Silver Marks Garo Kürkman, Mathusalem Publications, 1996, 293 sayfa. 24x32 cm.

CONTENTS: ABBREVIATIONS ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS PREFACE TUGRA AND SILVERMARKS Tugra Composition of the tugra Other marks Tugra on coins Tugra on silver ware Positioning of silver marks Tugra on weights Foreign marks on Ottoman silver Ottoman marks on foreign silver ware Why Ottoman silver ware so rarely survived Silver marks not encountered on any articles Imperial tugra on silver ware Counterfeit tugra marks Assaying and the SAH mark Silver standards and marks Gold standards and marks Silver ingot marks MAKERS? MARKS Silversmiths Silver divit makers Positioning of makers? marks on divit and inkwells Inscriptions and decoration inside inkwell lids Spoon makers Makers listed by town Divit and inkwell makers Silver divit makers ASSAY OFFICES Tugra marks used at the assay offices SILVER WARE Silver Pen-Case Tobacco Case APPENDIX DOCUNENTS Ottoman sultans and their reigns List of silversmiths List of goldsmiths List of silversmiths in the register of the Bostancibasi List of silversmiths, goldsmiths, gilders, engravers, mihlayici (craftsmen who did studded jewel work), gold thread makers, silver sheet makers, and sadekar (makers of undecorated gold or silver ware) who paid tax to the Armenian Patriarchate in 1872 BIBLIOGRAPHY INDEX.