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Bracelet

mid 19th century (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
Bengal (made)

The bracelet is made of gilt metal triple-pointed segments on silk and metal thread band.

Object details

Category
Jewellery
Object type
Bracelet
Materials and techniques
Gilt metal with silk and cord
Gilt Metal
Brief description
Bracelet, gilt metal with silk and metal cord, Bengal, mid 19th century.
Physical description
The bracelet is made of gilt metal triple-pointed segments on silk and metal thread band.
Marks and inscriptions
  • Transliteration
Object history
The jewellery was received from the Annual International Exhibition, London, 1872.
Bibliographic references
  • Arts of Bengal : the heritage of Bangladesh and eastern India : an exhibition organized by the Whitechapel Art Gallery in collaboration with the Victoria and Albert Museum : 9 November-30 December 1979, Whitechapel Art Gallery ..., 12 January-17 February 1980, Manchester City Art Gallery ... . [London]: Whitechapel Art Gallery, [1979] Number: 085488047X (pbk.) : p.74
  • Susan Stronge, Nima Smith, and J.C. Harle. A Golden Treasury : Jewellery from the Indian Subcontinent London : Victoria and Albert Museum in association with Mapin Publishing, Ahmedabad, 1988. ISBN: 0944142168 p.92-93
Collection
South & South East Asia Collection
Accession number
1356K-1872

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Record createdFebruary 23, 2015
Record URL
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