Lampshade
1800 to 1882 (made)
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This lampshade combines two skilled crafts of India in the 19th century, lapidary work and silversmithing. The stone raw materials were, and continue to be, abundant locally and were used to produce many items of ornamental and also functional use.
Object details
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Materials and techniques | Silver - beaten, chased and soldered. Agates - cut and polished using abrasives. |
Brief description | Lampshade, consisting of six chased and hinged, silver panels, each being inset with three large, oval or rectangular agate plaques, India, 19th century |
Physical description | A lampshade consisting of six chased and hinged silver panels with each bearing two silver balls on the same end. Each panel is inset with three large, polished oval or rectangular/octagonal agate plaques of varied colour and pattern. |
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Credit line | Wells Bequest |
Object history | This lampshade was made in India in the 19th century and was acquired by Mr. Arthur Wells, a Nottingham solicitor and Clerk of the Peace. He was a keen traveller and was made a Fellow of the Geographical Society. He is considered to be the first private British collector of Chinese jade and his collection of jade and other hardstone objects from South Asia was on exhibition at the South Kensington Museum at the time of his death in 1882. This collection was left to the museum in his will - the Wells Bequest. |
Summary | This lampshade combines two skilled crafts of India in the 19th century, lapidary work and silversmithing. The stone raw materials were, and continue to be, abundant locally and were used to produce many items of ornamental and also functional use. |
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Accession number | 1549-1882 |
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Record created | June 25, 2009 |
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