Rare Antique Ottoman Mother of Pearl Sherbert Spoon sterling Gorgeous antique Indian architectural ornament

Gorgeous antique Indian architectural ornament fashioned of carved and polychrome wood in the shape of a mythical demon beast or "Yali"

Perfect for pickles

From an Estate in Buenos Aires

These spoons were used to serve dessert and sweet foods

Some chipping in paint

Rare Antique Ottoman Mother of Pearl Sherbert Spoon sterling Gorgeous antique Indian architectural ornamentCoconut wood bowl with alternating bands of Mother of Pearl and engraved brass on the handle. These spoons were used to serve dessert and sweet foods, typically fruit sherbert, in the homes of nobility and wealthy merchants of Istanbul and the ottoman empire in the late 18th and 19th Centuries. Istanbul, 19th Century 9" x 1. 75"