A sword with very comparable enamelling was recently exhibited in Hamburg, although that example did not have the full palette shown here. In the catalogue, (Oriental Splendour, Islamic Art from German Private Collections, Hamburg, 1993, no.128, pp.191-3), the enamelling is noted as coming from a provincial Ottoman workshop. It notes two further examples in the Copenhagen Art Treasury (EMB 17 and 16) with similar enamelling, one of which was described prior to 1750 as being old and defective, while the other is known to date from before 1674