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Hammered brass, copper, and silver wire tray or plate, Egypt (?), late 19th c. (?)

Source: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2565962734&category=1213
(downloaded Oct. 2003)

"Distinctive Old Islamic Plaque fashioned using brass as the base metal overlaid with both copper and silver wire, and it can be hanged on the wall. Plaque have a diameter of  20 inches.

Plaque have the Islamic sentence “ Wa Hwa Alla Kool Shaei Kader “ in the center it means that Allah is the Only God, and have the capability to do everything,  at the edge comes the 4 Islamic ayahs, "Mohammed Raswl Allah ", " Allhamed LLelah Wahdoh " , " Allah Akbar ", and " La Ellah Ella Allah" all ayahs are silver wire, also it’s decorated by arabesque Islamic, this Ayahs certainly comes in the Koran.  This hand hammering have been used for many  centuries It’s hard to tell its age but it can be estimated to be about 120 years, but we have done great effort to polish it to return its shine back."