A TURKISH GILT COPPER COFFEE SET
Turkey, 20th century

Comprising six egg-cup-shaped zarfs (cup holders), each resting on a splayed and stepped circular foot, engraved on the exterior with arabesques and stylised vegetal motifs, imitating Ottoman tombak coffee sets of the 17th and 18th centuries, each 5.2cm diam. and 6cm high; a bulbous coffee pot, resting on a short splayed foot, with a sinuous handle and everted beak-shaped spout, the domed lid surmounted by the typical Turkish symbol of the crescent moon and star, the exterior engraved with floral bloom, vegetal sprays and arabesques, 23.5cm high; a compressed globular lidded sugar bowl, 7cm diam. and 10.5cm high; and a circular tray with reinforced rim, both objects mirroring the same decorative patterns of the coffee cup and pot, following the style of Ottoman tombak models, 33cm diam.