Lot 54
AN OTTOMAN GOLD TALISMANIC PENDANT
TURKEY, 19TH CENTURY
Auction: 09 December 2026 from 14:00 GMT
Description
of tear-shaped form edged with a rope-design, two sheets of gold sandwiched, each side profusely die-stamped with a concentric band of Qur'anic inscriptions enclosing a roundel with a star design and further inscriptions, with suspension loop
Dimensions
4cm diameter; weight 10g
Provenance
The collection of David Howard Maude-Roxby-Montalto, 14th Duke of Fragnito (b. 1934).
Footnote
For further examples of this type made in the same technique, see Spink, Islamic Jewellery, Tuesday April 15th to Friday May 9th 1996, nos 71 and 72. The motif of the roundel enclosing a star and inscriptions often appears on Ottoman talismanic shirts. For examples in the Topkapi Museum, see Dr. Patricia Baker et al, Silks of the Sultans, Istanbul 1996, pp. 228-237.