A mid-19^th century Indian Colonial silver small mug, Aurangabad circa 1850 by Bodraj

of plain tapering cylindrical form with applied moulded rims. The C scroll handle with scroll thumbpiece. Stamped to the interior BODRAJ ARUNGABAD.

Height – 8.1 cm / 3.2 inches

Weight – 180 grams / 5.79 ozt

Bodraj is quite possibly the same firm as the Bodh Raj of Aurangabad discussed as a prolific weapons maker of Deccan, including spear heads, lance-heads, and hunting knives (G. N. Pant, (1989), Collection of the Edged Arms and Armour in the Sarlajung Museum, Hyperbad, P.8).

This maker is not recorded in Wilkinson W., The Makers of Indian Colonial Silver, (1987), London: W.R.T. Wilkinson.

Aurangabad is a city in the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the administrative headquarters of Aurangabad district and is the largest city in the Marathwada region. Located on a hilly upland terrain in the Deccan Traps.

From 1803 the city was under the rule of the Nizam of Hyderabad, under the protection of the British East India Company, following the British victory in the Second Anglo-Maratha War (1803-5).