An impressive diamond and ruby-set gold Coffee Cup Holder (zarf) made for the Ottoman court
probably Turkey, 19th Century
Of rounded form of a splayed foot, the openwork gold vessel with foliate scroll design, set with mixed-cut rubies set plique-a-jour, further mounted with rose-cut diamonds, with further silver-mounted diamond floral sprays, 2 1/8in. (5.1cm.) high, 2¼in. (5.5cm.) diam.