An Ottoman coral-set parcel-gilt silver incense burner
Turkey, 18th/ 19th Century
with waisted body and hinged domed lid on three curved feet, on circular tray with three short feet, the lid opening to reveal a removable copper incense bowl, the dome decorated with pierced floral and foliate motifs and surmounted by a floral finial and coral (corallium rubrum) bead, the body and tray decorated in repoussé floral, foliate, and vine motifs, the tray with three applied gilt-silver flowerheads, a suspension loop with a hanging gilt-mounted coral (corallium rubrum) bead to the underside of the body, the curving feet of tendril form, pierced with floral and vine motifs, and surmounted by 9 small gilt-silver birds
23 cm. high

Overall very good. Some scratching to surface and rubbing to gilding. Other general minor wear.