Rare Antique Ottoman Mother of Pearl Sherbert Spoon sterling Wooden bowl with alternating bands

Wooden bowl with alternating bands of hand carved coral and engraved brass on the handle

Perfect for pickles

From an Estate in Buenos Aires

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Rare Antique Ottoman Mother of Pearl Sherbert Spoon sterling Wooden bowl with alternating bandsCoconut wood bowl with alternating bands of Mother of Pearl and engraved brass on the handle. These spoons were used to serve dessert and sweet foods, typically fruit sherbert, in the homes of nobility and wealthy merchants of Istanbul and the ottoman empire in the late 18th and 19th Centuries. Istanbul, 19th Century 9" x 1. 75"