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I have a nice candlestick, but no clue where it was made.
It is about 7.5 cm high and has a diameter of 10 cm.
The decoration looks a bit Indonesian, Arabic or Oriental, but there is a mark on the bottom that looks like it is European.




These are the marks on the bottom.
Maybe the pics are upside down.

I think the letters 'K' and 'S' are visible. And perhaps also an 'L'.




This I can't read at all. Although it is a clear mark.




Then there is also this on the bottom, what puzzles me as well.
It looks scratched in, but no clue what is and why they put it there.
It is just 6 mm or so, in length.




Could anyone tell me where the candlestick and the marks are from?

Hi,
The mark in the middle is 925 in Arabic numerals,indicating sterling fineness.
Although there are many Islamic countries in Far East, I doubt they would use Arabic numerals. That said, it is either North Africa or Middle East, even Pakistan or parts of India,but not further east than that.
Regards

Thank you!

I was thinking it was Europese because of the first mark (The S and the K)

But I can do further research now.

I have seen these marks attributed to Iran/Persia, I think mostly because of the radiant sun around the maker's mark, which also appear on the national arms. I think it's a reasonable guess; the Latin letters in the maker's mark could well have been used during the post-1925 modernization era.

Interesting marks

Arabic numbers vary slighty depending on the region

Please see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_Arabic_numerals

The 2 which appears like an inverted heart is typical of Iran, Pakistan and parts of India where Urdu script once was common

Iranian silver seems to be almost always marked 84 with words in Persian.

925 is the English standard which suggests that this may be from a former British colony. That lines up with initials in Roman script.

I would be interested in reading other assessments

Hope this leads somewhere

Damon

Correction

It is actually 5 which appears as an inverted heart in Persian/Urdu numbers - not 2

My error

Damon

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