TWO 18TH CENTURY OTTOMAN VELVET AND GOLD THREAD QURAN CASES  both on velvet and gold thread, stiffened with paper and lined with silk, the first bag of red velvet embroidered with gold and silver thread and with gold thread and silk handle and decorative tassels, with purse type flap, embroidered with scrolling foliage and flower heads, the second bag of purple velvet also with gold and silver thread embroidery, with gold thread handle and tassels, decorated with two urns of flowers centred by a crest with weapons within a turret flanked by leaves and stars, both 27cm wide x 18.5cm high excluding handle and tassels