TURKEY, SECOND QUARTER 18TH CENTURY

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AN OTTOMAN GEMSET MOTHER-OF-PEARL VENEERED PEN CASE
TURKEY, SECOND QUARTER 18TH CENTURY
Of tubular form, the papier-mâché body and pull-out lid veneered with mother-of-pearl scales, the lid applied with a facetted jade knop inset with a red hard stone finial, the inkwell inserted in the base probably a later replacement
9in. (23cm.) high

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Lot Essay

A closely related pen case, veneered with mother-of-pearl scales can be dated to the reign of Sultan 'Uthman III (r. 1754-57 AD) since it bears the sultan's tughra (Garo Kürkman, Ottoman Silver Marks, Istanbul, 1996, p.163). Another pen case of the same form and construction, although made of papier-mâché, has a silver inkwell concealed in the lower part which bears a tughra of Sultan Mahmud I (r. 1730-54 AD).

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