Description
An Ottoman Silver Scribe’s Pen-Box And Ink-well (Divit), Marked In Arabic Letters With The Makers Mark Amal-i Sayyid Hassan,(The work Of Mr. Hassan)&The Tugrah OF Sultan Mustafa IV (B.1779-1808AD.)(قلمدان مع محبرة فضة عثمانية ),Istanbul,Early19th Century
Identification Number: 444
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Dimensions
25 cm long.4.5 cm the height of the inkwell.
6 cm. the width of the inkwell.
Condition
Very good, The Divit has only the two predominant silver marks of the period: the Tugrah of the Sultan and the zigzag Marks, traces of gildings, minor wear and tear.Provence
The UK Art Market.References
For similar Ottoman (Turkish), Divit and inkwell silver marks please seeOttoman Silver Marks by Garo Kurkman, pages 104, 108, the imperial Tugrah on silverware, pages 40-47, and similar Divit lots catalogued on pages 74-85.
For another similar shaped Divit please see, Splendors of the Ottoman Sultans, By Dr. Nurhan Atasoy, Istanbul University, 1992, please see page 151.
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