AUCTIONS IMPERIAL ARMS & ARMOR NOV 2024

A RARE PAIR OF OTTOMAN MAKAS SCISSORS

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Start price: $100

Estimated price: $200 - $400

Buyer's premium:

Well-wrought of steel, with profiled, removable brass fingerstalls for compact storage, likely for a traveling scribe. The blades of convex section, heavily inlaid in gold overall. Probably Istanbul Court Workshop; a similar pair is displayed in the British Museum. First half of the 19th century. General patina overall. Overall length 23.5cm/ 9 1/4?. Condition III