λ FOUR OTTOMAN SHERBET SPOONS WITH MOTHER-OF-PEARL AND CORAL HANDLES
Ottoman Turkey, 19th century

Comprising four Ottoman sherbet spoons, two with tortoiseshell heads and the other two with almond-shaped carved mother-of-pearl heads, three mounted on slender, tapering handles with red coral, ebonised wood, and metal sections, and the last one with a two-tone handle with mother-of-pearl and tortoiseshell sections, the longest 25cm.

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