A gilt-decorated Tophane pottery coffee pot and covered bowl, Turkey, 19th Century

both incised, gilt and silvered with floral and foliate decoration, including crescent moons and wreaths, the coffee pot with two tughras and calligraphic inscriptions, the covered pot also with two tughras, both surmounted by a round, golden finial

Both in good condition, some rubbing and loss to gilding, as viewed.
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inscriptions

'Made in the Tophane in Istanbul'

With a tughra bearing the name Selim and dated [A.H. 1]301 (?) (1883-4 A.D.)

The Victoria and Albert Museum in London holds examples of Tophane earthenware objects, including a similar bowl and cover with gilt and silver floral decoration (Museum no. 115A&B-1879).