A marked Silver Filigree Casket, by Kunnye, Cuttack, Orissa.

18th / 19th Century Silver Filigree from Cuttack.

A subject that I have already broached in my essay on Gulab pash / Rosewater Sprinklers.

see -

https://antiqueeuropeanfiligree.blogspot.com/2023/09/silver-filigree-rosewater-sprinklers.html

Writing this essay threw up several marked pieces of Mid / Late 19th Century marked pieces of Silver Filigree manufactured in Cuttack / Kattack.

 The V and A Museum Silver filigree Casket.

Marked Kunnye, Cuttack, Orissa.

Mid 19th Century.

Approximately height: 18.5cm

Width: 28.5cm

https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O474417/casket/

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Another piece of Silver Filigree, marked Cuttack, Orissa, at the V and A Museum.

Casket in the shape of the tower of the Jagannatha temple, Puri, Orissa

 Height: 28.6cm Width: 10.8cm Depth: 10.8cms

NARIAN CUTTACK (This is stamped onto a silver plaque and applied to the lower edge of the pedestal. It indicates that it was the work of Narian, of Cuttack.)

Formerly in the Indian Museum collection, transferred to South Kensington in 1879.

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Michael Backman Silver Filigree Casket.

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

Described on the website as Dutch Colonial I would have to say that in the light of my research into Gulab pash and comparison of the techniques used,  this beautiful and large casket was made in Karimnagar.

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

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Sotheby's Silver Filigree Casket.

Karimnagar.

I suggest 19th century.

Described in the catalogue as Indo Portuguese, Goa, 17th/ 18th century.

No size given!

Lot 224, 24 April 2014.

https://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2013/arts-of-the-islamic-world-l13220/lot.224.html

The interior with six compartments each containing a pear-shaped bottle with chain and cap, secured by a removable plaque placed above with six round holes for bottles.