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OTTOMAN EMPIRE – ORDER OF CHARITY ‘Nishani Shefkat’
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OTTOMAN EMPIRE – ORDER OF CHARITY ‘Nishani Shefkat’
See original version (French)
Estimate €6,000 - €8,000
Voluntary lot
Description
OTTOMAN EMPIRE – ORDER OF CHARITY ‘Nishani Shefkat’
A FIRST-CLASS SET FROM THE FAMILY OF DA’UD EFFENDI MOLKO, FIRST ‘DRAGOMAN’ TRANSLATOR OF THE IMPERIAL DIVAN, comprising:
- A 14-carat gold piece comprising a five-pointed star with knobs, surmounted by the crescent and star. Two-part centre.
Very slight surface chips.
Plain reverse.
68 x 55 mm. Gross weight: 18.64 g
As is.
-Fine sash with bow.
-Ribbon bow for wearing the jewellery
-Plate comprising a five-pointed star in gold (14K) with knurled points, enamelled in red (chips on two points and gaps on one point); the points of the star interspersed with silver rays set with rose-cut diamonds. The rays are surmounted by a green-enamelled laurel wreath, with fruits set in small ruby fragments (fragments and minor gaps).
Reverse with a swing clasp.
Approximately 125 diamonds.
Very good to very good to excellent condition.
Provenance: Da’ud Effendi Molko, then by descent
Da’ud Effendi Molko (sometimes also referred to as Mollo or Molho).
Chief translator at the Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Da’ud was born in Thessaloniki in 1845. Coming from a modest background, his family moved to Constantinople whilst he was still a child, and he attended primary school at the Camondo Institute. He joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs at the age of 18 and rose to the post of chief translator during the reign of Sultan Abd al-Aziz, retaining this position when Abd al-Hamid II ascended the throne.
Da’ud was awarded the Grand Cordon of the Order of the Nishan-i-Osmaniye, the Nishan-i-Medjidiye and the Nishan-i-Imtiaz, as well as the Persian Order of the Sun and the Lion. He was also a Commander of the Legion of Honour, a recipient of the Order of the Prussian Crown, and a Grand Cross of the Polar Star.
Biography from ‘Univers israélite’, 15 January 1897.
Expert | Arnaud de Gouvion Saint Cyr
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