A SILVER-THREAD EMBROIDERED LEATHER WALLET, TURKEY, CONSTANTINOPLE, DATED 1696
Auction Closed
June 10, 06:00 PM GMT
Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
A SILVER-THREAD EMBROIDERED LEATHER WALLET, TURKEY, CONSTANTINOPLE, DATED 1696
the leather body of rectangular form with folding cover, embroidered with metal thread stylised floral decoration and inscribed 'Nicolas Newell' to inside and 'Constantinople, 1696' to reverse
10.2 by 20.3cm.
Please note: Condition 9 of the Conditions of Business for Buyers for this sale is not applicable to this lot.
Ex-collection Marvin Sadik (1932-2013). Marvin Sadik was the director of the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery, Washington, D.C. (1969-81), who formed his collection from 1965 to the mid-1980s.