A SET OF GOLD DAMASCENED STEEL CALLIGRAPHY TOOLS

Lot 110
01.05.2025 11:00UTC +01:00
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Lot 110 | A SET OF GOLD DAMASCENED STEEL CALLIGRAPHY TOOLS
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£ 7 000 – 10 000
A SET OF GOLD DAMASCENED STEEL CALLIGRAPHY TOOLS
ONE PAIR OF SCISSORS SIGNED MUSTAFA, FOÇA, OTTOMAN TURKEY, 19TH CENTURY
Comprising a steel pencase (divit), the long body with damascened decorative bands above and below overlaid pendants to each end of the flat sides, the inkwell with chamfered sides and a hinged lid with a clasp, maker's stamps to base reading 'amel-i 'ali; together with three pairs of scissors, one with broad flat blades and loop handles, the second with chamfered blade decorated to the interior, the handle shaped like the phrase with ya fatih, the third folding into a rod shape with two hinged handles to the upper end signed 'amel-e Mustafa
Divit 13 ¾in. (34.9cm.) long




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Private French collection, 1950s
from whom acquired by present owner
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