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Lot 75

A group of ten Ottoman silver mouthpieces
Turkey or Cyprus, 19th Century
(10)

22 May 2025, 11:00 BST
London, New Bond Street

£2,000 - £3,000

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A group of ten Ottoman silver mouthpieces
Turkey or Cyprus, 19th Century

variously decorated in silver filigree, niello and openwork filigree with granulated, geometric and foliate designs and floral motifs, variously with imitation amber and lacquered wood tips
the largest 29.7 cm. long(10)

Footnotes

Similar examples in the Victoria & Albert Museum, London are described as from Ottoman Cyprus (Accession No. MET.LOST.317, 1556-1888, and 1560-1888). For a mouthpiece sold at Christie's, see Quai d'Orsay, Paris - An Apartment by Jacques Grange, 19 November 2010, lot 629.

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