Ottoman silver coins designed as tea spoons

Ottoman silver coins designed as tea spoons set, including sugar tong and lemon fork, embroided with Turkish silver filigree, telkari, delicate and intricate ornamentation in fine twisted silver wire. The coins are dated 1327 in Islamic calendar corresponding to years 1909 or 1910 AD, and signed by Sultan Mehmed V Reşad.

Antique fine porcelaine plate with drawing: Acropolis

Antique fine porcelaine plate with drawing: ACROPOLIS, PATENT D W, with motto stamp "DIEU ET MON DROIT, HONI SOIT QUI MAL Y PENSE", by "C.L.A.Q. BRO"

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Galata Tower

Galata Tower , originally uploaded by voyageAnatolia.blogspot.com . The Galata Tower , called Christea Turris (Italian, "Tower of Christ") by the Genoese, is a medieval stone tower in the Galata district of Istanbul, Turkey, just to the north of the Golden Horn. One of the city's most striking landmarks, it is a high, cone-capped cylinder that dominates the skyline and affords a panoramic vista of Old Istanbul and its environs. More >>> Galata borrows its name from Galatians, Celts of Anatolia , stayed here for a while on the way to ancient Ankyra (Ankara), Pessinus (near Ankara) and Tavium near Yozgat today. More >>>

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Horse at Prince Island Istanbul

Horse at Prince Island Istanbul , originally uploaded by voyageAnatolia.blogspot.com . Semi-feral mare at Istanbul Prince Island.

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Istanbul Backpacker

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