PROBABLY SWITZERLAND, LATE 19TH CENTURY

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A pair of jewelled coffee cup holders (zarfs)
Probably Switzerland, late 19th Century
Of typical form, of white metal lined with gold, the sides with three oval lobed cartouches of pale blue enamel outlined with diamonds and set with pink and green floral enamel sprays set with diamonds, divided by panels of enamel grape vine in high relief on pink enamel ground, the vineleaves set with diamonds, covered in enamel and set with diamonds, minor losses to enamel
2¼in. (5.5cm.) high (2)

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Lot Essay

The last Ottoman Sultan Abdul Hamid II (1876-1909) possessed many jewelled objects including a large collection of jewelled cigarette cases and zarfs such as these. Some of these are preserved in the Topkapi Palace in Istanbul. Others were dispersed at a sale in Paris in 1911.
Les bijoux de S.M.le Sultan Abd-ul-Hamid II, sale catalogue Me F. Lair-Dubreuil, Paris, Galerie Georges-Petit et Hotel Drouot, 27-29 Nov and 4-11 Dec. 1911.
Rogers, J.M.: Topkapi Sarayi, Objets d'art, Paris, 1987.

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