OTTOMAN TURKEY, 19TH CENTURY

Our belt buckle presents all the characteristic of Suleymaniye work with its soft pastel colours and precise small floral motifs. Ottoman enamel workshops produced a number of dishes, belt buckles, snuff boxes and bowls decorated in colours with delicate floral sprays. The style became to be known as Suleymaniye after the location of the workshops which were concentrated around the eponymous mosque in Istanbul.