Collection of zarfs, Ottoman Empire, 19th - 20th century Collection of twenty-three zarfs of various shapes and decorations. Thirteen in silver, seven in vermeil, two in tombak, one in copper. A series of six tulip-shaped zarfs with a polylobed cut in silver with a ribbed molded decoration (H. 6 cm ; weight : 261 g) ; a series of six zarfs probably Egyptian in vermeil with an openwork vegetal decoration around a monogram H surmounted by a crown (H. 4,5 cm ; weight : 354g ) ; a pair of tombak zarfs with a molded floral decoration (H. 4,7 cm); a series of six silver zarfs with chased decoration of three lambrequins decorated with the Ottoman coat of arms, a pseudo-tughra and an unrolled paper document, separated by floral stems (H. 4.8 cm; gross weight: 194 g); three mismatched zarfs with vegetal decoration, one in cast copper, the second in openwork and chased metal, the last conical in silver with crenellated lip (H. 4.5, 4.6 and 5.6 cm; weight: 37 g). A silver glass-holder matching the series with the coat of arms (H. 7,8 cm; weight: 72 g), a saucer with openwork and chased decoration and twenty-five painted porcelain cups, including a series of eight tulip-shaped ones with gilded decoration, a series of five with blue and white decoration, a series of eight in Kuznetsov porcelain. Each silver piece hallmarked, mainly sah and tughra hallmarks of Sultan Abdulhamid II (r. 1876-1909). Some traces of oxidation, scratches, slight deformations. A Collection of Ottoman Zarfs, 19th - 20th century