Printed trade card of Naeem Shaikh Adam, Goldsmith and Silversmith.

£250 · Offered by Maggs Bros Ltd

A curious piece of ephemera from the Arabian Gulf. This dual-language trade card advertised the work of Naeem Shaikh Adam, a goldsmith and silversmith based in Sharjah. An example of his art, a diminutive Jambiya in decorative sheath, has been pinned to the card. The card and broach were most likely purchased by a Western visitor to Sharjah in the 1970s, when the Emirate began to rapidly modernise, becoming increasingly open to international business and travel.

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