A BOHEMIAN OTTOMAN AMBERB-STAIND AND ENGRAVEDGLASS GOBLET
Period
- 18 CENTRY
Description
- This Bohemian amber-stained and engraved glass goblet said to have come from one of the Abdulaziz Ottoman Turkish Romanised personal collections Abdülaziz In February 1830-4 June 1876) was the 32nd sultan of the Ottoman Empire and reigned from 25 June 1861 to 30 May 1876, when he was overthrown. in a government coup He was a son of Sultan Mahmud II and succeeded his brother Abdulmejid I in 1861 Born at Eyüp Palace, Constantinople (present- day Istanbul) on 8 February 1830, Abdulaziz received an Ottoman education but was nevertheless an ardent admirer of the material progress that was being achieved in the West. He was the first Ottoman sultan who travelled -to Western Europe, visiting a number of important. This glass goblet magnifically engraved with a stallion with sultan groom in Eastern dress, on within a raised canted cartouche, the cover and the reverse engraved with further scrolling foliage.15 Cm High
