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Originally Posted by Hydrocket
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Notice how all the letters are against one edge of the center band, giving a continuous 'line' of brass at the other edge... There are only a few languages that use a continuous line linking all their script letters.
Farsi and Arabic are not among them.
Sanskrit is, as is Bengali, Gurmukhi, Devanagari and Assamese.
Use google images to look at samples of each and see if you can spot similarities.
Think about what was in vogue at the time it was made. Perhaps something from the Indian continent since Brittania still ruled and going on Safari was still the aristocratic thing to do.
Was this handed down in the family? If so, maybe think about what the original owner was doing with her life at the time, and where she may have picked it up.
Oh, and if it is any of those languages I listed, then it is upside down in your picture.