Nice Scales... Often the Othmanli (Ottoman) scales have the Tugra of the Ottoman Empire stamped on them... The date of possibly 1795/1745 ??? is plausible.
Please note
http://kurkman.com/images/Armenianobserver.jpg where by following the last papagraph a lead may be obtained in this interesting field..
SEE
http://maviboncuk.blogspot.com/2008/...nd-scales.html