A SILVER AND PARCEL-GILT PENCASE (DIVIT)

Lot 105
24.10.2024 10:00UTC +00:00
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£ 6 000
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Event locationUnited Kingdom, London
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ID 1306534
Lot 105 | A SILVER AND PARCEL-GILT PENCASE (DIVIT)
Estimate value
£ 6 000 – 8 000
A SILVER AND PARCEL-GILT PENCASE (DIVIT)
SIGNED BY VEHBI, PERIOD OF ABDÜLMECID I (R.1839-61), OTTOMAN EMPIRE, MID 19TH CENTURY
The rectangular body with chamfered edges, each end with a carved silver cap, one hinged, assay mark and tughra of Abdülmecid I, the inkwell with rounded edges, the corners carved with floral decoration, the base with foliate design at the centre of which the tughra of Abdülmecid I, the top with rounded lid, light patina commensurate with age
10 ½in. (26.8cm.) long




Provenance

Albert Wheeler Johnston, Greenwich, CT, by 1938, by repute;
Thence by descent Constantine Eugenie Sorsbie, Nairobi, 1952-1978;
Gordon E. Cawthorne, London, thence by descent



Engraved

‘amel-i vehbi
‘The work of Vehbi’
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