An engraved copper-gilt (Tombac) ewer, Ottoman Turkey, dated 1256 AH (1840 AD), decorated with vegetal scrolls and rosettes, of typical pyriform shape, rising to a tapering neck and a domed lid, with a sinuous handle, and a tall curved spout, scalloped edges at the base of the neck and fluted markings, on one side a cusped cartouche with date filled with calligraphy against a hatched ground, flanked by engraved stylised cypress trees, 37cm x 25cm.