Lot Essay
The form of this pencase is very clearly based on a seventeenth century Ottoman prototype. The execution and some of the decorative details make India almost certainly the place of manufacture.
INDIA, 18TH/19TH CENTURY
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A SILVER PENCASE
INDIA, 18TH/19TH CENTURY
Constructed of two twisted cylinders joined by a pierced floral trellis, the cylindrical inkwell with engraved lozenges and floral bands and domed lid, attachment chains
10 5/8in. (27cm.)
INDIA, 18TH/19TH CENTURY
Constructed of two twisted cylinders joined by a pierced floral trellis, the cylindrical inkwell with engraved lozenges and floral bands and domed lid, attachment chains
10 5/8in. (27cm.)