Lot Essay
For another cigarette case with a diamond-set tughra of Sultan Abdulhamid II, see lot 144 in this sale.
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THE COLLECTION OF THE LATE DR. MOHAMMED SAID FARSI
A DIAMOND-SET GOLD-MOUNTED AGATE CIGARETTE CASE
EUROPE, PROBABLY FRANCE OR SWITZERLAND, 1876-1909
Details
A DIAMOND-SET GOLD-MOUNTED AGATE CIGARETTE CASE
EUROPE, PROBABLY FRANCE OR SWITZERLAND, 1876-1909
Of shallow rectangular form with truncated corners, each half made of one panel of mottled agate with bevelled edges, the top with applied diamond-set tughra of Sultan Abdulhamid II within similar inset border with radiating spandrels
3½in. (8.9cm.) wide
EUROPE, PROBABLY FRANCE OR SWITZERLAND, 1876-1909
Of shallow rectangular form with truncated corners, each half made of one panel of mottled agate with bevelled edges, the top with applied diamond-set tughra of Sultan Abdulhamid II within similar inset border with radiating spandrels
3½in. (8.9cm.) wide
Provenance
Anon sale, Christie's, London, 11 October 2005, lot 61
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Louise Broadhurst