English & European Ceramics & Glass - 13th September 2011
Lot 268
A rare Tophane ware dated jar and cover 1776
Estimate £1,500 - £2,000 | Hammer £1900
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Description
A rare Tophane ware dated jar and cover 1776, Turkey, decorated with bands of leaves and roundels, the pointed cover with the thugras of Sultan Abdulhamid I, the base with an impressed script mark including the Arabic date 1190 (1776), and a small 19th century Tophane cup with the thugra of Abdulaziz, impressed 'B.Fuchez Constantinople' to one side, traces of gilding to both, 13cm max. (3)
