A QAJAR DAMASCENED STEEL MELON, the fruit of large oval form, the base damascened with a stellar motif, the sides with golden swags rising from arabesque shaped panels through spiralling lines converging in the stalk, two large cusped leaves damascened on each side with floral motifs, two buds similarly damascened with small floral sprays, early 19th century (areas of slight surface corrosion and loss of damascening)