AN OTTOMAN SILVER EWER FOR HOLY WATER
TURKEY, PERIOD OF MAHMUD I (R.1730-54)
AN OTTOMAN SILVER EWER FOR HOLY WATER TURKEY, PERIOD OF MAHMUD I (R.1730-54) With squat body rising from short splayed foot to waisted neck with pronounced collar, the double curving spout with original stopper, the separate lid with faceted knop finial decorated with garlands of flowerheads and bows, the neck similarly decorated, with foliated loop handle joining shoulder to the top of the neck and with original chain joining stopper to handle, two further chains issuing from the same loop in the handle and probably originally intended to join to an applied loop on either side of the body, each side of the body decorated with a vignette revealing a European-style architectural landscape, stamped with a toghra of Mahmud I 13 in. (32.5 cm.) high
AN OTTOMAN SILVER EWER FOR HOLY WATER
TURKEY, PERIOD OF MAHMUD I (R.1730-54)
AN OTTOMAN SILVER EWER FOR HOLY WATER TURKEY, PERIOD OF MAHMUD I (R.1730-54) With squat body rising from short splayed foot to waisted neck with pronounced collar, the double curving spout with original stopper, the separate lid with faceted knop finial decorated with garlands of flowerheads and bows, the neck similarly decorated, with foliated loop handle joining shoulder to the top of the neck and with original chain joining stopper to handle, two further chains issuing from the same loop in the handle and probably originally intended to join to an applied loop on either side of the body, each side of the body decorated with a vignette revealing a European-style architectural landscape, stamped with a toghra of Mahmud I 13 in. (32.5 cm.) high
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