ANTIQUE 19thC INDIAN SOLID SILVER TRAY COOKE & KELVEY, CALCUTTA c.1880
19th Century Indian silver tea tray. Outstanding quality and very heavy gauge, the boarder is decorated with stylised Indian deities in arch shaped cartouche reserves, surrounded with large Madras style leaf boarders, the middle is densely engraved with floral and scroll decoration on matted ground.
Reference Number: A6169
DESCRIPTION
Antique 19th Century Indian solid silver tea tray. Outstanding quality and very heavy gauge, the boarder is decorated with stylised Indian deities in arch shaped cartouche reserves, surrounded with large Madras style leaf boarders, the middle is densely engraved with floral and scroll decoration on matted ground.
Although the tray is not hallmarked the quality and style is very similar of work by Cooke & Kelvey (Robert Thomas Cooke and Charles Kelvey, 1859-present), a Calcutta firm that made and retailed silver and other luxury goods for local Europeans, merchants and Royals. Please see (Dehejia, V., Delight in Design: Indian Silver for the Raj, Mapin, 2008) and (page 38, Wilkinson, Indian Colonial silver).
CONDITION
In Great Condition - No Damage.
SIZE
Width: 44cm
Weight: 1930g
