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14th century-15th century (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown (made)

STAND FOR TRAY. Brass (with an alloy of silver), engraved with Arabic inscriptions, divided by Memlúk coat of arms; the spaces filled with floral ornaments outlined with black enamel. From Cairo. Saracenic. 14th cent y. H. 9 ½ in., diam. 7 5/8 in. Bought (St. Maurice Collⁿ), 5l.

Description taken from ‘List of Objects in the Art Division, South Kensington Museum acquired during the Year 1884’. London: Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1885. p. 89

Object details

Category
Metalwork
Object type
Stand
Materials and techniques
Brass
Brief description
Stand for a tray or dish. Brass with remains of silver inlay. Inscribed with the name and titles of the Lord Secretary (amir dawadar) Bayazid Sayf al-Din. Egypt (Mamluk), 14th-15th century.; Islamic metalwork
Physical description
STAND FOR TRAY. Brass (with an alloy of silver), engraved with Arabic inscriptions, divided by Memlúk coat of arms; the spaces filled with floral ornaments outlined with black enamel. From Cairo. Saracenic. 14th cent y. H. 9 ½ in., diam. 7 5/8 in. Bought (St. Maurice Collⁿ), 5l.

Description taken from ‘List of Objects in the Art Division, South Kensington Museum acquired during the Year 1884’. London: Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1885. p. 89
Dimensions
  • Height: 16.8cm
  • Diameter: 12cm (Note: Measurement taken from ‘List of Objects in the Art Division, South Kensington Museum acquired during the Year 1884’. London: Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1885. p. 89)
Marks and inscriptions
  • al-janaab al-¿aalii al-mawlawii a * l-sayfii amiir dawaadaar ataabak ¿azza naSruhu (Reading and translation after Lane-Poole.)
    Translation
    His Highness, exalted, lordly, [liegeman] of Seyf-ed-Din, Chief Secretary, Atabek: be his triumphs magnified!
  • al-janaab al-¿aalii al-mawlawii a * l-sayfii baayaziid !amiir dawaadaar ¿azza naSruhu (Reading and translation after Mayer's.)
    Translation
    His High Excellency, our Lord, Saif al-Din Bayazid, Amir Dawadar, may his victories be glorious.
Object history
Bought from the collection of Gaston de Saint-Maurice (1831-1905) in 1884. Saint-Maurice displayed his extensive art collection at the 1878 Paris exhibition, in a gallery entitled L'Egypte des Khalifes. This was part of an official sequence of displays celebrating the history of Egypt, presented by the Egyptian state at this international event. Saint-Maurice held a position at the Khedival court, and had lived in Cairo in 1868-1878. Following the exhibition, Saint-Maurice offered his collection for sale to the South Kensington Museum (today the V&A).
Associations
Paris International Exhibition, 1878
Gaston De Saint-Maurice
Bibliographic references
  • Stanley Lane-Poole, Art of the Saracens in Egypt, London, 1886, pp.232-3.
  • L.A. Mayer, Saracenic Heraldry. A Survey, Oxford, 1933, pp.106-7, and pl.lxv, 2.
Collection
Middle East Section
Accession number
934-1884

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
Record URL
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