Large Open-Work Chased Copper Tray
Kashmir
19th century
Inventory no.: 598
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Small, Brass Portable Hookah in the Form of Ram
Northern India
18th century
Inventory no: 453
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Mughal Ewer Etched & Filled with Lac
Northern India
17th-18th century
Inventory no.: 340
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Mughal Brass Ewer
Northern India
18th century
Inventory no.: 94
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Unusual Etched Mughal Ewer
Northern India
17th century or earlier
Inventory no.: 341
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Mughal Brass Writing Box
Northern India
19th century
Inventory no.: 92
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Mughal Brass Ewer
Northern India
18th century
Inventory no.: 93
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Early Copper Rosewater Sprinkler
North India
17th century
Inventory no.: 89
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Small Bronze Bird Form Khol Container
Northern India
circa 17th century
Inventory no.: 112
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Small, Brass Portable Hookah
Mughal India
18th century
Inventory no.: 432
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Mughal Jali-Style Terracotta Glazed
Window Tile
Northern India
19th century
Inventory no.: 465
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Mughal Jali-Style Terracotta Glazed
Window Tile
Northern India
19th century
Inventory no.: 466
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Mughal Brass Ewer
Northern India
18th century
Inventory no.: 100
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Large Kettle Brass Kettle
probably northern India
18th-19th century
Inventory no.: 108
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Small Brass Hand Warmer or Rolling Lamp with Gimbal Mechanism
India
late 19th century
Inventory no.: 511
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Tinned Bronze Hookah
Northern India
18-19th century
Inventory no.: 101
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Etched Mughal Ewer
Northern India
18th century
Inventory no.: 574
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Dish made for the Northern Indian Islamic Market
China
dated 1821
Inventory no.: 526
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Mughal Copper Ewer
Deccan, India
16th-17th century
Inventory no.: 695
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Engraved Brass Mughal Priming Flask
Lucknow, India
circa 1800
Inventory no.: 701
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Small Portable Bronze Mango-shaped Hookah
Northern India
18th or 19th century
Inventory no.: 715
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Magnificent Brass Lamp Stand
Deccan or South India
17th-18th century
Inventory no.: 714
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Dagger (Chilanum)
Deccan, India
16th century or later
Inventory no.: 741
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Large Bell-shaped Silver-Inlaid Bidri Hookah Base
Bidar, Deccan, India
19th century
Inventory no.: 754
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Commical Tinned Bronze Hookah Base in the Form of a Dolphin
Northern India
17th-18th century
Inventory no.: 781
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Five Brass Jewellery Molds
India
19th-early 20th century
Inventory no.: 229
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Bidri Silver-Inlaid Water Bottle (Surahi)
Bidar, India
circa 1820
Inventory no.: 800
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Silk Panel Embroidered with Silk & Metallic Threads, Seed Pearls &
Sequins after an Indian Miniature
Jaipur, or Bikaner, Northern India
late 18th century
Inventory no.: 833
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Tinned Brass & Copper Hookah Base & Stem
India
19th century
Inventory no.: 842
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Silver-Inlaid Bidri Water Flask (Surahi) & Lid
Bidar, India
circa 1890
Inventory no.: 885
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Ivory Pachisi or Chaupar Set & Velvet Board
India
17th-18th century
Inventory no.: 883
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Opulent Lacquer & Ivory Tiered Box
North India (Sindh)
19th century
Inventory no.: 901
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Pair of Princely Gold Thread Zardozi Court Shoes
Northern India
19th century
Inventory no.: 942
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Gold Overlaid Matching Tulwar & Katar with Scabbards
India
circa 1840
Inventory no.: 984
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Mughal Jambiya with Gold Over-lay & Scabbard
India
19th century
Inventory no.: 979
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Small Bronze Ewer
Deccan, India
16th century
Inventory no.: 1054
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Gold Talismanic Upper Armband (Bazuband)
Northern India or Persia
18th-19th century
Inventory no.: 1092
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Polychrome Box
Kashmir, Northern India
late 19th century
Inventory no.: 652
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Silver Belt with Red Stone & Inscription (Araipatti)
18th century (engraved and dated 1882 with the remark that it has been in a
'Mahommedan' family for 200 years)
India
Inventory no.: 1098
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Footed Bidri Betel Box (Pandan) with Internal Tray
Hyderabad, India
18th century
Inventory no.: 1130
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Engraved Brass Spittoon
Mughal/Northern India
18th century
Inventory no.: 1178
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Copper Lidded Ewer
Northern India
16th-17th century
Inventory no.: 1202
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Mughal Bronze Ewer
Northern India
18th century
Inventory no.: 1210
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Unusually Large Carved Wooden Koran Stand
Northern India
19th century
Inventory no.: 775
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Rosewood Perfume Chest Inlaid with Brass with Six Cut Glass Perfume Bottles
probably Chiniot, Colonial India
circa 1880
Inventory no.: 1264
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Gilded Filigree Card Case
Orissa, India
circa 1820
Inventory no.: 1267
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Rare Matchlock Gun with Gold & Silver Mounts
Coorg, South India
18th century
Inventory no.: 1335
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Silver Emblem & Arms of Mohammed Wajed ‘Ali Shah, the Nawab of Oudh (Awadh)
Lucknow, India
1847-1856
Inventory no.: 1263
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Rare ‘S-shaped’ Zulfikar Sword with Gilded Silver Over-laid Hilt
India
Blade dated 1709
Inventory no.: 1280
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Exceptional Bronze Hamsa Finial
South India
early 17th century
Inventory no.: 1406
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Mughal Brass Ewer, Engraved & with Dark Lac Inlay
Northern India (probably Lahore)
mid 17th to early 18th century
Inventory no.: 1302
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Mughal Ivory Box with Silver Mounts
North India
circa 1750
Inventory no.: 1391
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Albumen Image of the Begum of Bhopal
India
circa 1877
Inventory no.: 1427
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Brass Ewer (Aftaba) Engraved with Poppies & Carnations In-filled with Black Lac
Mughal, North India
circa 1800
Inventory no.: 1442
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Bidri Hookah Base and Hookah Elements
Bidar, Deccan, India
circa 1850
Inventory no.: 1435
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Bidri Flask & Lid
Bidar, India
circa 1880
Inventory no.: 1446
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Engraved Mughal Ewer
Northern India
18th century
Inventory no.: 1537
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Bidri Hookah Base Vase
Bidar, India
circa 1880
Inventory no.: 1447
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From where do we source our items? We do not go on buying trips to Asia. Nor do we actively buy from dealers or suppliers based in Asia. We do not source
items from India itself for example. Almost all the items stocked by Michael Backman Ltd have been sourced from the UK - from old collections. Countless items
were brought to the UK during the colonial era by colonial administrators and the like. Other items were made in Asia for export to the UK – the UK was wealthy
early: it has been a major destination for the world’s exports for hundreds of years.  This means that most of our items have been in the UK for at least sixty to two
hundred years.
The conditions in which they have been kept often has been very good – the climate is kind, and there are relatively few pests. Many items were acquired as
keepsakes and curios, meaning that they stopped being used once they came to the UK. This too has helped to preserve them and their conditions often are far
better than had they remained in their home countries. Buying from old UK sources means that the items have good provenance; it helps to avoid fakes, and items
that have been amended or embellished. It also means that our items are obtained legally – today, most countries in Asia prohibit the export of their antiques. So,
because of its colonial past, the UK is perhaps the world’s biggest source of genuine antiques from Asia, perhaps more so than Asia itself, and that is the source
into which we tap.
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Scent Bottle comprising Hardstone Hookah Mouthpiece with Gold Mounts
North India or Ottoman Turkey & London
early 19th century or earlier with mounts circa 1860
Inventory no.: 1555
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Brass Censor in the form of a Chimaera
Northern India (Sindh)
18th-19th century
Inventory no.: 1539
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Brass Ewer (Aftaba)
North India
18th century
Inventory no.: 1569
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Bidri Ewer (Aftaba)
India
18th century
Inventory no.: 1540
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