Iran, Pahlavi Empire. A Naser al-Din Shah Qajar of the Qajar Dynasty Commemorative Bowl

In silver, maker marked "VASPOUR", marked "84" (.875 silver purity), a Persian lion's head with sword (indicating .875 silver purity and used between 1967 and 1979), along with two Arabic hallmarks below the centrepiece on the inside of the bowl, the centrepiece on the inside of the bowl illustrating the right-facing bust of Naser al-Din Shah Qajar (title: Shahanshah) of the Persian Qajar Dynasty, with the date in Eastern Arabic numerals "1307" (1889) below, the reverse of the centrepiece on the base of the bowl illustrating the lion and sun with sword surmounted by the Pahlavi crown insignia, framed by an open-ended wreath composed of branches of laurel leaves and oak leaves, fifteen repeating icons incorporated into an ornate design around the perimeter on the exterior of the bowl, measuring 85.5 mm in diameter x 21.5 mm in height, spotting, light contact, near extremely fine.

Footnote: Naser al-Din Shah Qajar (July 16, 1831 - May 1, 1896), also Nassereddin Shah Qajar, was the King of Persia from September 5, 1848 to May 1, 1896, when he was assassinated. He was the son of Mohammad Shah Qajar and Malek Jahān Khānom and the third longest reigning monarch in Iranian history after Shapur II of the Sassanid dynasty and Tahmasp I of the Safavid Dynasty. Nasser al-Din Shah had sovereign power for close to fifty years and was also the first modern Iranian monarch to formally visit Europe.