A set of six late 19th century Egyptian silver kebab skewers, probably Cairo circa 1880 by Karabet Cizmeciyan

Each with cast terminals of flowers with splayed leaves surmounted by a bird. Each stamped with makers mark only to stem. (6)

Length – 30.2 cm / 12 inches

Weight – 292 grams / 9.39 ozt

Mark: Kurkman, G. (1996), Ottoman Silver Marks, Istanbul: Mathusalem, p.94

A tray by this maker also marked with the customary standard mark for Armenian silversmiths in Egypt of ۹۰, was sold Christie’s 3 April 2009, lot 138 (£1,125 incl. premium)

Provenance: Victor A. Adda (Alexandria 1885-Rome 1965) who took over the family cotton trading business and formed an important collection of coins and antiquities. Thence by descent