A SILVER-GILT AND NIELLOED BELT BUCKLE

OTTOMAN TURKEY, EARLY 18TH CENTURY

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A SILVER-GILT AND NIELLOED BELT BUCKLE
OTTOMAN TURKEY, EARLY 18TH CENTURY
Of curved form with cusped ends, the buckles composed of two halves with bolt joint in the middle and clasp composed of three raised roundels with rosettes, the two sides with raised central panel decorated with floral spray with engraved details on nielloed ground surrounded by a band of scrolling vine with floral blooms set inside strapwork borders, each side with lateral attachments to the reverse for securing the belt, clasp attached to body with double chain
8in. (20.1cm.) wide

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Lot Essay

A sheath taken as 'Türkenbeute' first recorded in 1714 but probably dating to the early 18th century has very similar floral sprays on nielloed ground (Holger Schuckelt, Die Türckische Cammer. Sammlung orientalischer Kunst in der kurfürstlich-sächsischen Rüstkammer Dresden, exhibition catalogue, Dresden, 2010, no.254, p.249). A silver sprinkler with very similar scrolling floral bands in relief on punched ground dated to circa 1700 was sold at Sotheby's London, 24 April 2012, lot 233.

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