Livre - Ottoman silver marks

ABBREVIATIONS, p. 7 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, p. 9 PREFACE, p. 11 TUĞRA AND SILVERMARKS, p. 12 Tuğra, p. 15 Composition of the tuğra, p. 16 Other marks, p. 17 Tuğra on coins, p. 25 Tuğra on silver ware, p. 27 Positioning of silver marks, p. 28 Tuğra on weights, p. 30 Foreign marks on Ottoman silver, p. 33 Ottoman marks on foreign silver ware, p. 36 Why Ottoman silver ware so rarely survived, p. 37 Silver marks not encountered on any articles, p. 39 Impearial tuğra on silver ware, p. 40 Counterfeit tuğra marks, p. 48 Assaying and the SAH mark, p. 54 Silver standards and marks, p. 58 Gold standards and marks, p. 64 Silver ingot marks, p. 69 MAKERS’ MARKS, p. 70 Silversmiths, p. 71 Silver divit makers, p. 74 Positioning of makers’ marks on divit and inkwells, p. 74 Inscriptions and decoration inside inkwell lids, p. 78 Spoon makers, p. 88 Makers listed by town, p. 90 Divit and inkwell .makers, p. 104 Silver divit makers, p. 104 ASSAY OFFICES, p. 110 Tuğra marks used at the assay offices, p. 112 SILVER WARE, p. 121 APPENDIX, p. 256 Documents, p. 258 Ottoman sultans and their reigns, p. 286 List of silversmiths, p. 287 List of goldsmiths, p. 287 List of silversmiths ln the register of the Bostancibaşi, p. 288 List of silversmiths, goldsmiths, gilders, engravers, mıhlayıcı (craftsmen who did studded jewel work), gold thread makers, silver sheet makers, and sadekâr (makers of undecorated gold or silver ware) who paid tax to the Armenian Patriarchate in 1872, p. 288 BIBLIOGRAPHY, p. 290 INDEX, p. 291