A gilt-copper (tombak) ewer, Turkey, Second half of the 18th Century

the body of pyriform shape on a narrow foot, the waisted neck with three ring mouldings, a serpentine spout and curved handle, engraved and ring-punched with foliate sprays and large flowerheads, a hook to each side 

In overall good condition, some scratches and loss to gilding, few knocks, missing screw cap which was probably once attached by chains to hooks on either side and to spout, as viewed.
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A very similar ewer, also missing its cover, is discussed in Allan 1986, pp.114-115. He points to the rococo-esque decoration on the ewer and the popularity throughout the Ottoman Empire from the early eighteenth Century for European artistic models, particularly under the encouragement of the Grand Vizir under Ahmed III's reign (1703-30), Damat Ibrahim Paşa of Nevşehir (Allan 1986, p.114).