A rare mid to late 19^th century Anglo - Indian silver butter dish on stand, Kashmir circa 1870

Raj period. The butter dish of tapering cylindrical form with a pull off lid rising to a central point with inverted truncated conical and knop finial. The stand of circular form with a scalloped edge. The butter dish modelled after a Kashmiri lacquered papier mache turban box. Each all over with chased decoration in shawl pattern. Gilt interior.

Stand diameter – 20.5 cm / 8.05 inches

Dish diameter – 10 cm / 3.9 inches

Height – 9.8 cm / 3.9 inches

Weight – 699 grams / 22.47 ozt

For further reading on Kashmir silver and shawl pattern see Wilkinson, W., (1999)., Indian Silver 1858-1947: Decorative Silver from the Indian Sub-Continent and Burma Made by Local Craftsmen in Western Forms. London, Wynyard R T Wilkinson, p. 108.