Ⓐ A RARE OTTOMAN QUIVER AND BOW, EARLY 18TH CENTURY

Ⓐ A RARE OTTOMAN QUIVER AND BOW, EARLY 18TH CENTURY

with shaped leather body, the inner face with two gilt loops and a leather loop for suspension, the outer face covered with red silk fringed with cord (areas of wear, faded), profusely studded with gilt bosses including two foliate ovals enclosed within a frame of aigrettes, two foliate bosses corresponding to the inner loops, and the border studded with a dense framework of small circular bosses, complete with its belt; the second of characteristic form, the surface retaining some early painted floral decoration

the first: 43.0 cm; 17 in high

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Provenance David Jeffcoat (1945-2020)

Part proceeds to benefit Westminster Abbey