Antique Vintage Persian or Indian 900 Coin Silver Courting Mirror Not Sterling

  
This beautifully decorated floral and scroll solid silver mirror was made in Turkey and unusually from melted down silver coins in the 1960's. Silver was very expensive and the currency at that time contained 90% pure silver so it was cheaper to use melted down coins (hence the'900' hallmark and not the normal'925').

Hallmarked in Turkey 900 & BEDO. Mirror weighs a heavy 263 grams. This type of mirror is traditionally given by the grooms family to the bride as part of her dowry. The mirror is perfect unblemished and the silver artwork is immaculate and shining and complete with strong chain.

See the photos for a complete visual description. You may wonder why unlike other hanging mirrors, the back which is usually unseen, has such wonderfully intricate silver artwork of such beauty? The Turkish silversmith decided to make the mirror not only turnable to present a beautiful raised silver wall ornament when not used as a miror, but also to be hand held, hence the reason it rests snugly in the users palm. A great decorative piece of solid silver to adorn any home and fabulous present. Height 4 1/2 Inches or 11.3 cm.

Width 5 1/2 Inches or 14.1 cm. Depth 5/8 Inches or 1.2 cm.