A SWISS ENAMELLED GOLD ZARF FOR THE TURKISH MARKET, GENEVA, CIRCA 1830

Of usual form applied with three raised quaterfoil bosses enamelled in transluscent colours with views of Hagia Sophia, the Blue Mosque and Topkapi Palace in Constantinople interspaced with engraved gold Turkish military trophies against a dark translucent blue ground within white and red borders, the stem and foot with scallop motifs
2.14 in. (59 mm.) high

A Collection of Ninetheenth Century Swiss Zarfs; Sotheby's, Zurich, 6 May 1980, lot 41.

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