OTTOMAN ROSE-CUT DIAMOND BANGLE AND RING FROM THE REIGN OF SULTAN ABDULHAMID II (r. 1876-1909) CIRCA 1900 the bangle composed of seven rose-cut diamond clusters in foiled closed-back settings, later mounted on a bifurcated bangle; the ring of crossver design with two similarly-set cluster terminals (Ring size: K; bangle  inner diameter: 6.2cm) Qty: (2) Provenance: Private collection of a notable Ottoman family in London; formerly the property of the wife of a Pasha, Egypt. The collection is from a notable Ottoman land-owning family, that married over generations into the Sultans’ court. Some were judges, civil servants and vizirs in the Damascus vilayet, as well as members of parliament to the Sublime Porte. Note: This style of rose-cut diamonds assembled into ornate necklaces, bangles and earrings belong to a small group produced for ladies of the ruling classes under Sultan Abulhamid II. For further examples of jewellery in the same style, see auction catalogue, Hotel Drouot, Paris, Les Bijoux de S. M. Sultan Abdulhamid II, 4-11 December 1911, figs. 65-66.