A PARCEL-GILT AND SILVER FILIGREE SPRINKLER
Armenia, Ottoman Provinces, 18th - 19th century

Of pyriform shape, resting on a detachable tall conical stem with a splayed, circular foot, rising to a tapering neck, surmounted by a screwed-in stopper decorated with a dove and a filigree-made floral corolla with thin oval petals, the exterior worked in delicate silver filigree showcasing a variety of motifs including strapwork, rosettes, scrolling and interlocking vegetal sprays, wavy foliage, and minute fretwork bands, 19cm high, 389gr.