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Inscribed Silvered Copper Plate
Kashmir, India
dated 1877
diameter: 26.2cm
This heavy, finely worked plate employs what is known as Yarkand decoration - a
decorative technique unique to Kashmiri metalwork. The plate is decorated all over
with the Kashmiri mosaic pattern and the wide rim is enhanced with raised kinj
decoration to give a dramatic and tactile effect.
Inscribed to the reverse with '1877 / Gulmurg Local Handicap / 'Chocolate' Ridden by
Major Auchinleck'. (Gulmurg is a colonial era hill station in Kashmir, near Srinigar, and
is renown for its beauty being surrounded by snow-capped peaks.)
References: A plate of very similar design is illustrated in Wilkinson WRT, Indian
Silver 1858-1947, 1999, p. 112.
Inventory no.: 661
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Inscribed Silvered Copper Plate
Kashmir, India
dated 1877
diameter: 26.2cm
This heavy, finely worked plate employs what is known as Yarkand decoration - a
decorative technique unique to Kashmiri metalwork. The plate is decorated all over
with the Kashmiri mosaic pattern and the wide rim is enhanced with raised kinj
decoration to give a dramatic and tactile effect.
Inscribed to the reverse with '1877 / Gulmurg Local Handicap / 'Chocolate' Ridden by
Major Auchinleck'. (Gulmurg is a colonial era hill station in Kashmir, near Srinigar, and
is renown for its beauty being surrounded by snow-capped peaks.)
References: A plate of very similar design is illustrated in Wilkinson WRT, Indian
Silver 1858-1947, 1999, p. 112.
Inventory no.: 661
This Item is available - Ask about this item
