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AN OTTOMAN DIAMOND-SET GOLD BOX TURKEY, LATE 19TH CENTURY Bearing a diamond-set tughra of Sultan Abdulhamid II (r.1876-1909), within a diamond-set lattice with foliate motifs, the interior plain gold 3 7/8 x 2 ? x ?in. (9.8 x 6.3 x 1.9cm.)
As European craftsmanship imports increased in Ottoman Turkey over the 19th and early 20th centuries, western European manufactories started to produce items for the Turkish market (Vernoit, 1997, pp. 173-176). Cigarette cases such as the present lot were popular accessories for the Ottoman nineteenth century gentleman. Sultan Abdulhamid II’s own appreciation of jewelled objects was well-documented in the Paris sale at the Galerie Georges Petit, 27 November 1911 (Perles, Pierreries, Bijoux et objets d’arts précieux, Le tout ayant appartenu à S.M. le Sultan Abd-Ul-Hamid II, Paris, 1911). The sale included a number of similarly diamond-set cigarette cases bearing his tughra. For another cigarette case with a diamond-set tughra of Sultan Abdulhamid II, see lot 9 in this sale.