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Ewer

Ewer
ca. 1865 (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
Lucknow (made)

Silver ewer decorated with delicate foliage motifs.

Object details

Categories
Containers
Drinking
Metalwork
Object type
Ewer
TitleEwer
Materials and techniques
Silver, partly gilt, with chased and engraved decoration on a ring matted ground
Silver
Brief description
Domestic, white bronze, parcel gilt, Lucknow; Domestic, white bronze, parcel gilt, Lucknow
Physical description
Silver ewer decorated with delicate foliage motifs.
Dimensions
  • Height: 33.3cm
  • Diameter: 17.8cm
  • 17.8 diameter: cm
Object history
Bought from the Paris Exhibition, 1867 as 'modern' work
Bibliographic references
  • Guy, John and Swallow, Deborah (eds.) Arts of India: 1550-1900. Text by Rosemary Crill, John Guy, Veronica Murphy, Susan Stronge and Deborah Swallow. London : Victoria and Albert Museum, 1990, reprinted 1999. 240 p. : ill. ISBN: 1851770224. p.223, pl.198
  • The Indian Heritage. Court life and Arts under Mughal Rule London: The Victoria and Albert Museum, 1982 Number: ISBN 0 906969 26 3 p. 116, cat. no. 345
Collection
South & South East Asia Collection
Accession number
778-1869

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Record createdDecember 15, 1999
Record URL
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