Rare Antique Ottoman Coral and Bone Sherbert Spoon coin From an Estate in Buenos

From an Estate in Buenos Aires

Material: Paper

Material: Ivory

Vintage bronze hippopotamus figurine

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Rare Antique Ottoman Coral and Bone Sherbert Spoon coin From an Estate in BuenosBone bowl and handle with hand carved coral beads, topped with a hand carved coral animal. These spoons were used to serve dessert and sweet foods, typically fruit sherbert, in the homes of nobility and wealthy merchants of Istanbul and the Ottoman Empire in the late 18th and 19th Centuries. Istanbul, Mid to Late 19th Century. Good vintage condition. Small chips in coral. Object 10 x 1. 75 (bowl) inches. Each sold individually. All other items shown