ID 1306534
Lot 105 | A SILVER AND PARCEL-GILT PENCASE (DIVIT)
Estimate value
£ 6 000 – 8 000
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’
| Applied technique: | Metalwork |
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| Medium: | Silver |
| Place of origin: | Asia, Ottoman Empire, Turkey |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects |
| Applied technique: | Metalwork |
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| Medium: | Silver |
| Place of origin: | Asia, Ottoman Empire, Turkey |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects |
| Address of auction |
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