AN ENGRAVED SILVER ROSEWATER SPRINKLER
Iran, early 20th century

Of typical bulbous shape, resting on a stepped circular foot, rising to a tall, ringed, tapering neck with a conical head with widely everted rim, the exterior engraved and chased in relief with arabesques, pairs of birds amidst stylised flowers like lotuses and roses, and thick foliage, several bands of geometric and fretwork decoration around the joints and rings on the neck, stamped with silver hallmarks on the foot '84' and 'Narayi' (?), 28cm high, weight 389gr.