An antique Hebrew piece ... not weapon

[fernando]

Originally Posted by LOUIEBLADES

Fernando

It's nice but it's not my area but I have seen a ton of these on ebay and I my doubts on it's age.

Lew

Sorry for the late reaction in thanking your input, Lew.
Yes, the problem is that i don't use ebay ... for good and for bad .
After your hint i went there and confirmed they have zillions of these at offer. Probably 'my' seller didn't buy this specimen directly from that auctioner, but i guess the original provenance is the same. I have also been reading a couple articles on applying old Russian hallmarks in recent stuff, to increase their value; so this must be the case. Not that the piece is junk, or without a relative value; but the antique hallmark trick is a fraud and pulls up the price to an unreal level ... in other words, i was robbed, having paid some three times as much as it should be, assuming the piece is contemporaneous.
Just wait untill i see the seller in the next fair; if nothing else, i will eat his brain, and threaten him with the burning of his image, plus fraud cumplicity .
Having said that, i regret for not having received any posting with coments on the thematic area, like whether the symbols represented in this yad have their plausibility, the fake hallmarks not interfering with it.
So bad
Thanks again
Fernando

[VVV]

Not my speciality but the lion is the Lion of Judah.
The grapes probably represents the land of Israel and the fish might represent plentitude.

Michael

[fernando]

Thank you Michael

Originally Posted by VVV

Not my speciality but the lion is the Lion of Judah.
The grapes probably represents the land of Israel and the fish might represent plentitude.
Michael

Now, that's something .

Fernando

[Dom]

Originally Posted by fernando

So bad

Fernando, before to have a final idea, use the following site
to identify all the stamps
http://www.ascasonline.org/index.html#dictionary
even, you may ask for question, after you will fix your thought

all the best

à +

Dom

[katana]

Hi Fernando ,
this may be useful.....perhaps the individual whom wrote this guide may be persuaded to help you further....

http://216.239.59.104/search?q=cache...lnk&cd=2&gl=uk

Regards David

[fernando]

Thanks for your kind help, Dom and David .
Those are precisely the web sites where i have identified the marks and also based my conclusion that potentialy they are a fake.
But i hadn't thaught about contacting them for an opinnion, which i have just done, thanks to your idea .
Best wishes
Fernando