MARK OF HAMILTON & COMPANY, CALCUTTA, CIRCA 1825

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A RARE INDIAN COLONIAL SILVER BUTTER COOLER
MARK OF HAMILTON & COMPANY, CALCUTTA, CIRCA 1825
Cylindrical, the sides and cover elaborately chased with friezes of hunters in pursuit of boar and antelope, with paired elephants and lions amidst stylized foliage, the handles and feet in Regency style, the cover with knop finial, the base and cover engraved with a crest, marked under base with maker's mark, elephant, urn, Roman A and crescent tally mark
7¾ in. (19.7 cm.) high; 35 oz. (1088 gr.)

拍品專文

The present covered pail shares structural qualities with several pieces recorded in Wynyard R. T. Wilkinson, Indian Colonial Silver, 1973. In particular, a butter bucket, by William Henry Twentyman, 1822-1854, features the tiered structure, vertical side handles, pointed dome cover and claw feet (p. 135, fig. A.174). A silver-gilt covered tureen, by Twentyman, Beck & Co., 1822-1826, is also tiered with a pointed dome cover, though its claw feet and acanthus handles are still more comparable to the present example, in their unmistakable reference to English Regency ornament (p. 155, fig. A.196).

Among these butter coolers and butter pails, the ornament of the present example--the narrative scenes that cover this object in horizontal friezes--is uncommon. Indeed, Wynyard Wilkinson proposes that the chasing was possibly done in Poona or Cutch circa 1850-1870.