Extremely Fine Ottoman Silver-Filigree Rosewater-Sprinkler and Incense-Burner Set

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Extremely Fine Ottoman Silver-Filigree Rosewater-Sprinkler and Incense-Burner Set

Ottoman Empire
18th Century
Height: 21 cm

The body in the shape of an urn supported either side by a scroll handle ending in four scroll feet on a square shaped base. Each cover with a finial in the form of a floral vase, one hinged, one with a screw-thread.

The pair displays a high level of design and craftsmanship with intricate silver filigree work, mounted with coral and turquoise. In both, the body form is unusual and attention to detail is remarkable. An 18^th century Ottoman incense-burner, with identical, high quality filigree work, is in the Heritage Museum, Saint Petersburg. A similar rosewater-sprinklers and incense-burner set is in the Topkapi Palace Museum collections, donated to the Mausoleum of Prophet Muhammad, in Medina, by Khedive Abbas Hilmi Pasha (1816-1854). Please see: Istanbul – The City and the Sultan, De Nieuwe Kerk, Amsterdam, 2006, p. 92.

Coral-set objects were highly favoured and sought after by the Ottoman elite, during the 18th century. This particular aesthetic was possibly inspired by an earlier taste for ruby and emerald-set gold, rock-crystal courtly objects and Chinese porcelains decorated in Ottoman palace workshops, especially favoured during the 16th century. The practise of decorating objects by setting precious stones can be traced back to Byzantine art, particularly for jem-set icons and reliquary.

The design very original and the silver filigree work is of extremely high quality. The only comparative 18^th century Ottoman incense-burner, displaying similar high quality filigree work, is in the Heritage Museum, Saint Petersburg.

Categories: Metalwork & Woodwork
Credits: Private UK Collection

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Extremely Fine Ottoman Silver-Filigree Rosewater-Sprinkler and Incense-Burner Set

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