λ A CORAL AND TURQUOISE-ENCRUSTED GILT BRASS COFFEE SET Ottoman Turkey, 19th century

λ A CORAL AND TURQUOISE-ENCRUSTED GILT BRASS COFFEE SET
Ottoman Turkey, 19th century
Comprising ten egg-cup-shaped zarfs (cup holders), each resting on a splayed openwork foot, encrusted with coral and turquoise beads, with scrolling filigree work and applied metal thread in spiralling designs on the exterior, the rim decorated with a fine band of interlocking metal thread, each 5.5cm diam. and 5cm high; a bulbous coffee pot, resting on a short splayed foot, with a sinuous handle and everted beak-shaped spout, the domed lid missing its pommel, the exterior surface fully encrusted with coral and turquoise beads, and embossed with scrolling rosette sprays, 18.5cm high; and a circular tray, with similar decoration, with ten embossed roundels below the cavetto alternating with the inscription Allah and six-pointed stars, the central roundel engraved with a tughra and a branch of rosettes, 41cm diam.
A copper casket encrusted in a similar fashion and dating to the same period successfully sold in these Rooms recently, 22 July 2020, lot 349.
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Sold for £2,750
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