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Nutcracker , Head Of Sultan Abdul Hamid Ii, France 1880-1900
Late nineteenth century nutcracker in sculpted wood.
The head is of the ottoman sultan Abdul Hamid II , despised in continental Europe for his merciless behaviour towards his Christian subjects in Bulgaria , the Balkans and the Armenian people who were slaughtered by thousands during his rule from 1876 until 1909.
French sculptors launched a fashion of sculpting nutcrackers with the heads of the French Republic's enemies. Exemplars with the portrait of Otto Von Bismarck and German emperors Wilhelm I and Wilhelm II are also reported.
The head is of the ottoman sultan Abdul Hamid II , despised in continental Europe for his merciless behaviour towards his Christian subjects in Bulgaria , the Balkans and the Armenian people who were slaughtered by thousands during his rule from 1876 until 1909.
French sculptors launched a fashion of sculpting nutcrackers with the heads of the French Republic's enemies. Exemplars with the portrait of Otto Von Bismarck and German emperors Wilhelm I and Wilhelm II are also reported.
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