A LARGE SILVER-PLATED COPPER JUG

OTTOMAN TURKEY, 18TH CENTURY

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A LARGE SILVER-PLATED COPPER JUG
OTTOMAN TURKEY, 18TH CENTURY
Rising from a stepped trumpet foot through a wide bulbous body with a swirling fluted design to a hinged domed lid with a rosette finial, a further rosette on the side of the lid issuing from naturalistic stalks on the thumb knop of the curved handle, a punched inscription around the foot in naskh
15¼in. (38.5cm.) high

Engraved

Around the foot, ismetlu valide sultan efendimiz hazretleri sene 1207, 'Her Highness, the chaste Valide Sultan Efendi, year 1207 [1792-93 AD]'

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Lot Essay

Mihrishah Sultan (ca. 1745-1805), for whom this jug was produced, was the consort to the Ottoman Sultan Mustafa III (r. 1757-74) and the mother of Sultan Selim III (r. 1789-1807). She was known for her great beauty and wielded much influence at court serving as co-regent with her son as Valide Sultan from 1789 until her death in 1805.

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