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Anklet

ca. 1880 (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
Ajmer (made)

Anklet. A multitude of small silver grelots are suspended from the flexible anklet, which appears on the outer surface as a pattern of diamond-shaped discs. The links on the inner surface of the anklet are arranged in a pattern resembling brickwork. A loop-in-loop chain runs along the top and the anklet is closed by a clasp .


Object details

Categories
Jewellery
SCRAN
Sikhism
Metalwork
Object type
Anklet
Materials and techniques
Silver
Brief description
Anklet, silver, Ajmer, Rajasthan, c.1880.
Physical description
Anklet. A multitude of small silver grelots are suspended from the flexible anklet, which appears on the outer surface as a pattern of diamond-shaped discs. The links on the inner surface of the anklet are arranged in a pattern resembling brickwork. A loop-in-loop chain runs along the top and the anklet is closed by a clasp .
Dimensions
  • Height: 7cm
  • Maximum outer diameter diameter: 12.5cm
Object history
Purchased in India in 1880-2 for the South Kensington Museum (now V&A) by Caspar Purdon Clarke, who subsequently became Keeper of the Indian Section and later Director of the Museum.
Bibliographic references
  • Stronge, S. in Koezuka, T. (ed. and translator into Japanese). The Art of the Indian Courts. Miniature Painting and Decorative Arts. Osaka : Victoria and Albert Museum and NHK Kinki Media Plan,1993 (catalogue by S.Stronge and R. Crill; captions in English). No.100, p.117.
  • Indian Jewellery: The V&A Collection London: V&A Publishing, 2008 Number: ISBN 9781851774838 p. 18, pl. 1.10
  • Swallow, D., Stronge, S., Crill, R., Koezuka, T., editor and translator, "The Art of the Indian Courts. Miniature Painting and Decorative Arts", Victoria & Albert Museum and NHK Kinki Media Plan, 1993. p. 117, cat. no. 99
Collection
South & South East Asia Collection
Accession number
IS.885-1883

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Record createdDecember 15, 1999
Record URL
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