A mid to late 19^th century Anglo – Indian unmarked silver card case, Cutch circa 1860-70

Raj period. Rectangular form with a hinged lid, push button release. The body with chased decoration of fruiting vine to one side and foliate scrolls with rosettes to the other, both edged with a stylised leaf border. The sides with trailing flowers.

Length – 9.9cm / 3.89 inches

Weight – 147 grams / 4.73 ozt

"[t]he vine border on this tray is typical of earlier Cutch silverwork." 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. 81, fig. 113.

Examples of this design were copied in England and produced by Elkington and Co, with examples marked for 1869.