An Ottoman monumental cast brass candlestick, Turkey, dated 1155 AH/1742-3 AD

rising from a splayed truncated conical base, the horizontal shoulder incised with concentric shallow grooves, with a shaft of ridged baluster form, the cylindrical mouthpiece with two raised bands, incised and dated

In overall in good condition, some patination and scratches due to age, as viewed.
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 Waqqafahu sahib-e khayrat musli pasha zadeh beg sana 1100  
"The benefactor, Salig Beg, the son of Musli (Musli al-Din) Pasha endowed this [in] the year 1155"