Friday 1 December 2023

Silver Filigree Casket for sale with Cabral Moncada Leilões


Indian Silver Filigree Casket.

Unusually with six compartments.

I think Karimnagar probably Mid 19th Century.

I can find no records of filigree manufacture in Karimnagar before about 1830.

Dim. - 9 x 13 x 7 cms.

for sale with auctioneers Cabral Moncada Leilões, Lisbon, Portugal  Lot 165 - 11 Dec 2023.

https://www.cml.pt/leiloes/2023/223-leilao/1-sessao/165/cofre-de-tampa-tronco-piramidal
























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Another Indian Silver Filigree Casket.

previously with London Dealer Michael Backman.

I think probably Karimnagar Mid 19th Century.

He suggests 18th century Java / Sumatra, Indonesia but also refers to Silver Wonders of the East....Menshikova etc as possibly Goa.

Hugo Miguel Crespo of Lisbon University has assured me that there is absolutely no evidence of any filigree manufacture in Goa.

The sheet metal on the base suggests to me that this element was made with some sort of roller or machine rather than hand beaten.

Height: 4.6cm, width: 9.5cm, depth: 6.5cm

https://www.michaelbackmanltd.com/object/colonial-silver-filigree-box-3/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYss11RDYRU


I am very grateful to Michael Backman for permission to use his material.












































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Silver Filigree Casket.

Pundoles Auctions, Mumbai, India.

Lot 136 - 4 August 2021.

Catalogued as Karimnagar.

12.3 cms.

https://auctions.pundoles.com/lots/view/1-4E66AO/a-very-fine-karimnagar-silver-filigree-box










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A very unusual Indian Silver Filigree Casket.

Length: 21.2cm, depth: 14cm, height: 7.4cm.

https://www.michaelbackmanltd.com/object/dutch-colonial-silver-filigree-box-cover/

























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Saturday 25 November 2023

Silver Filigree Attardan in Indian Museums.

 

Silver Filigree Attardan in Indian Museums.


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Silver Filigree Attardan,

 Cuttack, Orissa.

Salar Jung Museum, Hyderabad.

19.7 cms.

They say Karimnagar, 20th Century.

I suggest stylistically Cuttack.

https://museumsofindia.gov.in/repository/record/sjm_hyd-XLIV-518-40453

One of a very near set of three see -

https://museumsofindia.gov.in/repository/record/sjm_hyd-XLIV-520-40456

https://museumsofindia.gov.in/repository/record/sjm_hyd-XLIV-528-40464






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Silver Filigree Attardan 2.

Salar Jung Museum, Hyderabad.

15.4 cms.








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Another related Attardan.

Height 15 cms.

Peacock shaped knob (not shown).

Cuttack, Orissa.

Salar Jung Museum, Hyderabad.

Inv. No XLIV - 526.

https://museumsofindia.gov.in/repository/record/sjm_hyd-XLIV-526-40462






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Silver and Silver Gilt Filigree Attardan.

19.1 cms.

They say 20th Century Karimnagar.

I suggest Cuttack, Orissa.


Salar Jung Museum Hyderabad.

Inv No. XLIV - 527












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The Victoria and Albert Museum Marked Silver Filigree Attardan.

No size given on website.

Marked SAOTTEE SOONAR, CUTTACK (on base).

https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O452308/attardan/




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Silver Filigree Attardan.

No size given on website

Cuttack, Orissa.

Victoria and Albert Museum.

Accession No. 02729(IS).

https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O439981/attardan/




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Thursday 23 November 2023

Silver Filigree Casket


Interesting 17th / 18th  Century Silver Filigree Casket 

Three Lateral Domes,

with Applied Filigree Double Headed Eagle.

Cast Feet

24 x 21.7 x 13.5 cms.

The form of the handles is distinct and appears in several caskets all of which appear to have their origins on the Iberian peninsular - which should not imply that they were manufactured there, but at this point it appears to be a strong possibility.

Every so often the research for this blog into Silver Filigree objects throws up something out of the ordinary (if one can describe any of these pieces as ordinary) that requires an in depth appraisal.

This large casket is one of those pieces.



 


 https://www.lahornacina.com/dossierandaluciabarroca11.htm


Annoyingly this website does not allow right clicking and so translation is difficult for the none Spanish speaker.


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Silver Filigree Casket - Page 212, from The Heritage of  Rauluchantum, pub 1996.

With Five Lateral Domes.


The handles have some similarities with the casket above






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Casket from Sao Roque Antiquidades, Lisbon - nb. Handles.

11.94 x 10.41 x 7.11 cm.






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Silver Filigree Casket.

National Museum, Lisbon Portugal.

NB Handles.








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Another Casket from Soa Roque Antiquidades, Lisbon.

17.02 x 9.91 x 9.91 cms.

Nb. Handles.



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Thursday 16 November 2023

Is this South American?



Unidentified Silver Filigree Platter.

Diam 49 cms.

























 

Spice Boxes in Indian Museums and others for Comparison



Some Spice Boxes in Indian Museums and others for Comparison.
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5 Compartment Silver Filigree Spice Box.

Karimna

Height 3.3 cms.

Salar Jung Museum, Hydrabad.

Accession no XLIV 326.














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Six Compartment Silver Filigree Spice Box.

Me

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Width 13.6 cms.

National Museum Delhi.

Accession No. 90 509.

https://museumsofindia.gov.in/repository/record/nat_del-90-509-5383










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Mid 19th Century Five Section Silver Filigree Spice Box.

Karimnagar.

5,1 x 10 cms.

Salar Jung Museum

Accession No. XLIV 455

https://museumsofindia.gov.in/repository/record/sjm_hyd-XLIV-455-40383










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Silver Filigree Spice Box.

They say Dacca - I suspect Cuttack.

4.5 x 10.3 cms.

Indian Museum, Kolkata.

Accession No - AT/80/276A,B.

https://museumsofindia.gov.in/repository/record/im_kol-AT-80-276A-B-10737




Wednesday 15 November 2023

Some Chinese Filigree Objects in Indian Museums.

 

From the Museums of India National Portal and Digital Repository.

Some Chinese Filigree Objects in Indian Museums.

Further to my previous post on Chinese Filigree.

see -

https://antiqueeuropeanfiligree.blogspot.com/2023/09/chinese-jewelled-silver-and-silver-gilt.html

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A Chinese Silver Gilt and Silver Filigree Writing Box.

27.9 x 10.4 x 8.7 cms.

Accession Number - XLIV-440.

 Salar Jung Museum, Hyderabad.

https://museumsofindia.gov.in/repository/record/sjm_hyd-XLIV-440-40367








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Chinese Silver Gilt and Silver Filigree Enamelled fluted side Casket.

18th / 19th Century.

H 9.5cm  x 13.1cm Dia, H 2.9cm  x 18.8cm Diam (Tray).

Salar Jung Museum, Hyderabad

Accession Number XLIX-968

https://museumsofindia.gov.in/repository/record/sjm_hyd-XLIX-968-42650








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Chinese 18th / 19th Century Silver Gilt and Silver Filigree enamelled Casket.

Canton?

Salar Jung Museum, Hyderabad.

 Accession Number  - XLIX-960

   Height   10.9 cms.

https://museumsofindia.gov.in/repository/record/sjm_hyd-XLIX-960-42635






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Another 18th/ 19th Century Chinese Silver Gilt and Silver Filigree Enamelled Basket.

Canton?

Height 10.4 cms.

Salar Jung Museum.

Accession Number - XLIX-964.

https://museumsofindia.gov.in/repository/record/sjm_hyd-XLIX-964-42643









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18th/ 19th Century Chinese Silver Gilt and Silver Filigree Enamelled Bodkin Case/ container.

Length 9.8 cms.

Salar Jung Museum, Hydrabad. 

Accession No. G - 76 - 1.
















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Chinese 18th / 19th Century Silver Gilt and Silver Filigree Enamelled Bodkin Case Container.

Length 10.1 cms.

Salar Jung Museum.

Accession No. G - 76 - 1 - 1.


















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18th / 19th Century Chinese Silver Gilt and Silver Filigree Enamelled Bodkin Case.

Length 10.1 cms

Salar Jung Museum, Hydrabad.

Accession No. G-76-1-2.


















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The following four objects were probably originally part of a set -  for similar but more elaborate objects see the pieces in the Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg.


Silver Filigree Leaf Shaped Tray 1.

8.4 x 8.0 cms.

Salar Jung Museum, Hydrabad.

Accession No. XLIV - 471.













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Silver Filigree Leaf Tray 2.

8.2 cms.

Salar Jung Museum. Hydrabad.

Accession No.XLIV - 469.
















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Chinese Silver Gilt and Silver Filigree Crab shaped Casket 1.

Salar Jung Museum. Hydrabad.

Accession No. XLIV - 483.











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Chinese Silver Gilt and Silver Filigree Crab Shaped Casket.

8.5 x 5.5 cms approx.

Salar Jung Museum, Hydrabad.

Accession No. XLIV - 494.








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19th Century Silver Filigree Vase and Cover.

21.5 cms.

Salar Jung. Museum Hydrabad.

Accession No. XLIV - 201.






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Chinese Silver Gilt Silver Filigree and Enamel Incense Burner.
Victoria ad Albert Museum.

19th Century.

Height 9 inches.

Purchased from Sir John Metcalfe Bart, accessioned in 1876.







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Chinese Silver Gilt, Silver Filigree and Enamel Perfume Burner

11.9 cms

Salar Jung Museum. Hydrabad.

Accession No. XLIV 534.












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18th/ 19th Century Chinese Perfume Burner.

Height 12.5 cms.

There are two similar in the Hermitage Collection, St Peterburg.







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18th/ 19th Century Chinese Silver Gilt and Silver Filigree Box.

With Butterfly Design on the front.

Catalogued as Dutch?

Size 3" x 1"

Victoria and Albert Museum.
For further examples of boxes and needle cases of this type see -





Silver Filigree Casket for sale with Cabral Moncada Leilões

Indian Silver Filigree Casket. Unusually with six compartments. I think Karimnagar probably Mid 19th Century. I can find no records of filig...