A PARCEL-GILT SILVER PEN CASE (DIVIT)

WITH MAKER'S MARK OF MUHAMMAD BIN ISMA'IL, OTTOMAN TURKEY, WITH TUGHRA OF SULTAN MAHMUD I (R. 1730-54)

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A PARCEL-GILT SILVER PEN CASE (DIVIT)
WITH MAKER'S MARK OF MUHAMMAD BIN ISMA'IL, OTTOMAN TURKEY, WITH TUGHRA OF SULTAN MAHMUD I (R. 1730-54)
Of typical long rectangular form with faceted inkwell, with deeply carved floral bands, the inkwell's underside engraved with floral sprays, the inkwell struck with tughra, the case with maker's mark, the reverse of the inkwell's lid finely engraved with a calligraphic composition
11 7/8in. (30cm.) long

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The reverse of the inkwell's lid is finely engraved with the name of the Seven Sleepers: 'Aliha, Mekshalina, Mathlina, Merthuke, Kafkshattiush, Shadnush and Marnush. The Seven Sleepers of Ephesus refer to a group of young Christians who hid inside a cave to escape a persecution. Having fallen asleep inside the cave, they purportedly awoke more than a century later. The story, very popular in the Islamic world, is reported in the Qur'an (Qur'an XVIII, sura al-kahf). These names sometimes appear on the decoration of Ottoman yataghans, such as lot 91 in this sale.

The maker of this pen case, Isma'il bin Muhammad (Ismail bin Mehmed) is recorded as a maker during Sultan Mahmud I's reign. See Garo Kurkman, Ottoman Silver Marks, Istanbul, 1996, p.106.

WITH MAKER'S MARK OF MUHAMMAD BIN ISMA'IL, OTTOMAN TURKEY, WITH TUGHRA OF SULTAN MAHMUD I (R. 1730-54)

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