Inventory no.: 212
212. Madras Silver Suger Castor (Caster) India
SOLD
Michael Backman Ltd – HomeSugar Caster
Madras, India, circa 1910
height: 14.2cm, diameter: 6.8cm
The caster in silver has a screw top reminiscent of pineapple skin through which many holes have been drilled to allow the sugar to escape. The sides are chased and repoussed with five cartouches of Hindu deities between two sets of foliate bands. The caster sits on a flared foot.
References
a similar example is illustrated in Dehejia, V.,
Delight in Design: Indian Silver for the Raj, Mapin, 2008, p. 121; and another in Wilkinson, W., Indian Silver 1858-1947, 1999, p. 162.
Inventory no.: 212
SOLD
