Lot no. 184
ROUND ANGLO-INDIAN TRAY WITH SCALLOPED EDGE
embossed and chased silver, decorated with a simple central circular boss formerly engraved with a crowned coat of arms, bordered with acanthus leaves, on a background of foliate stems, the openwork border chased with foliate scrolls. Swan hallmark on base.
India, probably Cutch, Bhuj, circa 1880-90.
A SILVER REPOUSSÉ COLONIAL CIRCULAR TRAY, PROBABLY CUTCH, NORTH WESTERN INDIA, CA. 1880-1890.
GROSS WEIGHT. 551 G. - DIAM. 23 CM (9 1/16 IN.)
References
Wynyard R.T. Wilkinson, Indian Silver 1858-1947, London, 1999, fig. 130, p. 89
Dehejia, V., The Pleasure of Design: Indian Silver for the Raj, Mapin, 2008.
Provenance
- Former Hippolyte and Gabriel Jouveau-Dubreuil collection.
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