SUITE OF FIVE PIECES in brass inlaid with red copper and silver comprising: a "divit" pen box with calligraphic decoration, a small pot decorated with flowering stems and calligraphy, a small "tâs" basin decorated with calligraphic poly-lobed medallions on a squared background and palmettes, the base decorated with a nine-pointed star centred on a central medallion flower surrounded by a votive inscription and lotus flowers, A small, quadrangular, wood-sheathed box and a covered pot with an ovoid body, the wall decorated with a large frieze featuring eight large roundels with interlacing decoration alternating with votive inscriptions on a background of "Y" shaped motifs, topped with a domed lid. Syria or Egypt, late 19th-20th centuries. FIVE BRASS ITEMS WITH COPPER AND SILVER INLAYS, SYRIA OR EGYPT, 19TH-20TH CENTURY. DIM.DIV.