A pair of Ottoman parcel-gilt silver sahlep cups Turkey, Period...
A pair of Ottoman parcel-gilt silver sahlep cups
Turkey, Period of Sultan Abdulaziz (reg. 1861-1876)
each of conical form with a slightly flaring base and scrolling foliate handle, with domed cover surmounted by a floral finial, with tughras and engraved with inscriptions, gilt interiors, sah marks to base
each approx. 15.5 cm. high; 874 g. total weight(2)
Inscriptions: 'Ni'matullah'.
The inscriptions indicate that the cups were owned by the Egyptian Princess Nimatullah Hanim (1882-1965), the daughter of Tewfik Pasha (reg. 1879-1892).
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A pair of Ottoman parcel-gilt silver sahlep cups
Turkey, Period of Sultan Abdulaziz (reg. 1861-1876)
each of conical form with a slightly flaring base and scrolling foliate handle, with domed cover surmounted by a floral finial, with tughras and engraved with inscriptions, gilt interiors, sah marks to base
each approx. 15.5 cm. high; 874 g. total weight(2)
Inscriptions: 'Ni'matullah'.
The inscriptions indicate that the cups were owned by the Egyptian Princess Nimatullah Hanim (1882-1965), the daughter of Tewfik Pasha (reg. 1879-1892).
