WITH SPONSOR'S MARK AND SCOTTISH MARKS FOR GEORGE EDWARD & SON, GLASGOW, LATE 19TH CENTURY

The form of our bowl recalls Burmese or Shan examples with an iconography reminiscent of Kutch. Silver works such as this bowl were popular during the second half of the 19th century, particularly through the colonial exhibitions. As this bowl bears an import mark (F) besides the marks from a maker in Glasgow, it might have been exhibited at the Glasgow International Exhibition of 1888 and responded to the ensuing market demand for such designs of "Indian style". For a further discussion on similar silver pieces and British copies of Indian silver, see Wynyard R. T. Wilkinson, Indian Silver, 1858-1947, London, 1999 pp.173-179.