Description
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.
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.
Condition
There are light scratches throughout the surface and some deep scratches along the underside, the left half, and the extreme edges. There are no dents or losses. Tarnishing along the recessed regions.
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Large Royal Christofle Oblong Platter
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