£15,000 - £20,000
A SILVER AND PART GILTED PENCASE(DIVIT), LATE 18TH/ EARLY 19TH, OTTOMAN TURKEY Of typical form , with squat inkwell, the coffered ends and upper and lower sections of the well in gilt decorated with scrolls , the double-hinged gilt lid of the inkwell set with a red paste stone on the outside and the inside engraved with a calligraphic design of the names of The Seven Sleepers, tughra of Sultan Selim lll. (1789-1808)stamped on the base of the inkwell and on the side of the penbox, maker's mark (amel-i Mehmed/ the work of Mehmed) on the upper ridge of the pen-box, long silver chain
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