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Parcel-gilt Chased Silver Ewer
Lucknow, India
circa 1870
height: 15.5cm
This small, elegant silver ewer is features the 'coriander flower' pattern occasionally employed in 19th century
silverwork from Lucknow, combined with rococo elements. The coriander pattern is shown in a wide band,
between tow bands of grapes and grape vines, on the globular body of the ewer, and on the stem.
The lid has been cast with a bunch of grapes and grave leaves; the handle with rococo styling on the upper
half and with am entwined snake on the lower half. (Wilkinson (1999: 126) describes the grape pattern as the
"earliest recognisable pattern employed on silver made in Lucknow..."
The collar of the ewer has been chased with a border of acanthas leaves.
Parcel gilding is evident throughout, most particularly to the arabesque flourishes interspersed across the
neck and body, to the lid and to the handle.
References: for a ewer and a cup that employ similar motifs, see Wilkinson, W.R.T., Indian SIlver 1858-1947,
1999, p. 133-4.
Inventory no.: 659 SOLD
Parcel-gilt Chased Silver Ewer
Lucknow, India
circa 1870
height: 15.5cm
This small, elegant silver ewer is features the 'coriander flower' pattern occasionally employed in 19th century
silverwork from Lucknow, combined with rococo elements. The coriander pattern is shown in a wide band,
between tow bands of grapes and grape vines, on the globular body of the ewer, and on the stem.
The lid has been cast with a bunch of grapes and grave leaves; the handle with rococo styling on the upper
half and with am entwined snake on the lower half. (Wilkinson (1999: 126) describes the grape pattern as the
"earliest recognisable pattern employed on silver made in Lucknow..."
The collar of the ewer has been chased with a border of acanthas leaves.
Parcel gilding is evident throughout, most particularly to the arabesque flourishes interspersed across the
neck and body, to the lid and to the handle.
References: for a ewer and a cup that employ similar motifs, see Wilkinson, W.R.T., Indian SIlver 1858-1947,
1999, p. 133-4.
Inventory no.: 659 SOLD
| The flowers & leaves of the coriander plant on which the motifs for this piece partly are derived. |
