A 17TH CENTURY OTTOMAN (TURKISH) BRASS TULIP CANDLESTICK of typical form, the rippled and knopped neck supporting the tulip shaped nozzle and raised on a deep drip tray also with rippled decoration, over a bell-shaped, ringed base, 18cm high  This candlestick is typical of those produced during this period; there are similar examples with tulip nozzles that are dated, such as that inscribed 1499 in the name Husayn Agha, an official in the Galata district of Istanbul. Related Literature: Y. Petsopoulos (ed.),'Tulips, Arabesques & Turbans: Decorative Arts from the Ottoman Empire', London, 1982, pp.46,60-1, no.33. For a similar candlestick at auction see Sotheby's, London, 5 October 2011, lot 356.