A SILVER AND PART GILTED PENCASE(DIVIT), LATE 18TH/ EARLY 19...

Hammer

£12,500

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