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1699 - Christofle, France. Large silver plate oblong platter, circa 1844-1872. Scalloped rim decorated with floral blossoms and vine scrollwork. Incised crest of Princess Nazli Zainab Hanim Fazil, along the center. With a "Christofle" hallmark in a rectangular cartouche and the Christofle scale silversmith's hallmark along the underside of the rim. Numbered 782696 and further numbered "230" within square cartouches along the underside of the rim. Exhibited: Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minnesota, 1966-1968. Provenance: Commissioned by Prince Mustafa Fazil Pasha for the occasion of his daughter, Princess Nazli Zainab Hanim Fazil’s marriage to Ali Khalil Pasha. Family stories hold that the Princess Nazli sent this set of Christofle through the desert by camel to be used for a peace treaty dinner between the Ottomans and Russians (likely the Treaty of San Stefano, 1878); Thence by descent. Height: 15 1/2 in x width: 38 1/2 in x depth: 1 1/4 in. Weight, approximately: 3,872.1 g.
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Christofle, France. Large silver plate oblong platter, circa 1844-1872. Scalloped rim decorated with floral blossoms and vine scrollwork. Incised crest of Princess Nazli Zainab Hanim Fazil, along the center. With a "Christofle" hallmark in a rectangular cartouche and the Christofle scale silversmith's hallmark along the underside of the rim. Numbered 782696 and further numbered "230" within square cartouches along the underside of the rim. Exhibited: Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minnesota, 1966-1968. Provenance: Commissioned by Prince Mustafa Fazil Pasha for the occasion of his daughter, Princess Nazli Zainab Hanim Fazil’s marriage to Ali Khalil Pasha. Family stories hold that the Princess Nazli sent this set of Christofle through the desert by camel to be used for a peace treaty dinner between the Ottomans and Russians (likely the Treaty of San Stefano, 1878); Thence by descent. Height: 15 1/2 in x width: 38 1/2 in x depth: 1 1/4 in. Weight, approximately: 3,872.1 g.
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