A LARGE BRASS WATER EWER
Ottoman Turkey, 19th century

Of pyriform shape, resting on an everted circular foot, rising to a bulbous gadrooned body and flared neck, with a sinuous handle on one side and a curved ringed spout on the latter, the domed stopper enhanced with a floral finial, the whole body decorated with rope designs framing alternating gadrooned and concave vertical bands, 44.5cm high.