Antique Bohemian Uranium Glass Covered Cup And Saucer, Sahleplik For Middle East Market

History:The Ottoman market became a significant customer of European porcelain and glass in the eighteenth century and European factories began producing a range of products including dishes, bowls and sahlep cups,a?urelik-jugs, catering specifically to the the Ottoman taste. Sahlep drink made from sahlep root in hot milk and cinnamon.Salep, also spelled sahlep or sahlab,is a flour made from the tubers of the orchid genus Orchis(including species Orchis masculaand Orchis militaris)The word salep ultimately comes from Arabic sa?lab through French and Turkish salep in the mid 18th century.

Description: Unusual set of large cup,cover and a saucer made of Uranium crystal glass.Date: 1840-1860

Measures: Height-16cm, width of the saucer-15,5cm

Countru of Origin: Bohemia( modern Czech Republic)

Condition: Very good,free of damage,some wear on gilding of the knob.

Sources:Closely related examples can be found in the Sadberk Hanim Museum (see Sadberk Hanim Museum, Istanbul, 1989). Sak?p Sabanc? Museum in Istanbul put together an entire exhibition on European porcelain at the Ottoman court (Osmanli Sarayinda Avrupa Porselenleri, 24 May - 28 August 2005)