An important enamelled and diamond-set gold box with the tughra of Sultan Abd al-Majid (A.H.1255-77/A.D.1839-61), Swiss for the Ottoman market, circa 1850 of oval form decorated in opaque polychrome enamels with cartouches of floral arrangements reserved within a turquoise ground with incised floral stems, the base with a large cartouche of musical instruments, the cover applied with elaborate diamond mounts surrounding a central oval medallion set with a plaque of the tughra of Sultan Abd al-Majid 8.3 by 5.8 by 3.2cm.
An important enamelled and diamond-set gold box with the tughra of Sultan Abd al-Majid (A.H.1255-77/A.D.1839-61), Swiss for the Ottoman market, circa 1850 of oval form decorated in opaque polychrome enamels with cartouches of floral arrangements reserved within a turquoise ground with incised floral stems, the base with a large cartouche of musical instruments, the cover applied with elaborate diamond mounts surrounding a central oval medallion set with a plaque of the tughra of Sultan Abd al-Majid 8.3 by 5.8 by 3.2cm.
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