Lot 362
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The Property of G.E.C. SYKES ESQ.
A SILVER GILT SERVICE SET OF 12 DINNER AND 12 SIDE PLATES, the centre of each marked with the royal Ottoman crown above the Roman letter 'H', the cusped rim engraved with acanthus scrolls around rope-pattern cartouches between cross-hatched waisted panels, circa 1900

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A SILVER GILT SERVICE SET OF 12 DINNER AND 12 SIDE PLATES, the centre of each marked with the royal Ottoman crown above the Roman letter 'H', the cusped rim engraved with acanthus scrolls around rope-pattern cartouches between cross-hatched waisted panels, circa 1900
9in. (23cm.) and 7¼in. (18.4cm.) diam. (24)

Lot Essay

The present owner's grandfather, Mr Albert Pann, is thought to have brought this service back from Constantinople after the sacking of the Sultan's Palace and the subsequent auction of its contents circa 1920.

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