AN OTTOMAN SILVER INCENSE BURNER AND A SILVER ROSEWATER SPRINKLER
OTTOMAN TURKEY, WITH TUGHRA OF SULTAN 'ABD AL-MAJID (R. 1839 - 1861)
The incense burner shaped as pine cones with floral finials and engraved with fish scale motifs, rising from a foliated branch resting on an oval tray with scalloped rim, the decoration with vine scrolls bearing grapes; the sprinkler on openwork base, with flaring foot, with pear-shaped body engraved with fish-scale motifs, the stem with applied floral palmettes in bloom, each punched with sahh and tughra
The censer 7 1/8in. (18cm.) across; the sprinkler 6 7/8in. (17.5cm.) high
The censer, 14 oz t.
The sprinkler, 7 oz t.

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