From a Private Collection - Silver Filigree Zarfs?

Three Silver Filigree Zarfs?

(Post in preparation).

from a private collection.

Zarfs are Cup Holders for Turkish Coffee.

These three cup holders are of indeterminate date - and unknown country of origin. 

all three are of exquisite quality but the style of workmanship is quite different on each one.

Diam approx 7cms.

size approx 7cms

All three objects here are from a private Collection -

They are all unmarked.

Size approx. 7 cms diam.

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Photograph of Two Zarfs from the archives of KAM, Vienna.

c. 1880's.

Unknown location - the coffer appears to be that now in the Hesse Kassel Collection.

see my post - https://antiqueeuropeanfiligree.blogspot.com/2023/02/silver-filigree-casket-museum-von.html

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The two  Liechtenstein Collection Zarfs.

Diam 4 cms.

Acquired in 1881 by Prince Johann II von Liechtenstein.

 Diam 3.5 cms.

Acquired in 1881 by Prince Johann II von Liechtenstein.

The collection website suggests Italian.

https://www.liechtensteincollections.at/en/search2?query=silver%20filigree%20beaker&filterparams=&filterlabel=

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Two Zarfs? at the Swedish National Museum, Stockholm

Enamel inlays on the flower motifs.

3.5 x 6.3 cms.

Swedish National Museum

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Antiques Arena Zarf.

One of Three matching Zarfs?

Antique Arena Inc. Brooklyn, NY, US.

Lot 146, November 5, 2022.

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Two Zarfs Illustrated in the online Ascas Newsletter posted in March 2007.

Two Silver Filigree and enamel Zarfs.

I suspect that these are Russian late 19th Century.

"The zarf on the right  has got a (later made) inner silver cup with a handle (charka) with Moscow marks of 1791. The inner cup also has a screw in the bottom. The Zarf itself has no marks and it is fastened to the cup´s screw with a nut.

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https://www.ascasonline.org/newsMARZ35.html

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The Burghley House Filigree Bowls.

They suggest that this is a toilet set but I believe that these pieces probably didn't all start life together.

The two bowls illustrated below - are not a pair.

I will return to the Burghley pieces in due course

https://collections.burghley.co.uk/collection/a-silver-filigree-toilet-service/

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Set of Six Chinese Export Silver Gilt,Silver Filigree and Enamel Zarfs.

previously with London dealer Michael Backman.

Described as Southern China for the Ottoman Market

Circa 1860.

The interior of the base of each is fixed with a small silver plaque that has the ‘Gothic K’ maker’s mark alongside a faux Chinese ideogram.

 Significant quantities of Chinese export silver have version of the so-called ‘Gothic K’ mark, a firm that is believed to have operated in the second and third quarters of the 19th century. Most authors believe that the firm was located in Guangdong (Canton). But its precise identity is not known.

 

Height: 5.1cm, width: 4.6cm.

Text and photographs from -

https://www.michaelbackmanltd.com/object/chinese-export-silver-ottoman-zarfs/

I am very grateful to Michael Backman for permission to use his photographs.