A SILVER REPOUSSÉ FOUR-PIECE TEA SET

MARKED OOMERSI MAWJI, KUTCH, INDIA, LATE 19TH CENTURY

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A SILVER REPOUSSÉ FOUR-PIECE TEA SET
MARKED OOMERSI MAWJI, KUTCH, INDIA, LATE 19TH CENTURY
Comprising a teapot, a milk jug, a cream jug and a sugar bowl, each with ribbed melon-shaped body, the fine repoussé decoration with intricate dense floral sprays between two bands of palmettes, each raised on four feet in the form of floriate scrolling tendrils, each with maker's mark, the teapot's handle repaired, old restoration
The teapot 8½in. (21.5cm.) high (4)

Lot Essay

Oomersi Mawji was the court silversmith of the ruler of Kutch, Maharao Shri Mirza Raja Sawai Khengarji Bahadurno. Kutch was a major centre for the production of silverwares in the 19th century which was exported to Europe. Little of the vast output of Kutch pieces however remotely approached the quality of the work of Oomersi Mawji and his sons.

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