JEWELLERY, ANTIQUE & ART AUCTION Tuesday, 20 August 2019 - 10:00 AM start
A19thC Indian Colonial silver presentation wine urn and cover
Realised: $1,500 plus premium
Lot Details
campana shape with lobed lower body and applied fruiting vine relief band, raised on an acanthus capped spreading circular foot; the domed cover, twin handles and spigot all with conforming decoration. Engraved 'Presented to Captn. Watt...at Allahabad...[for] the management of the Ice concern during the seasons of 1834,5,6'. Finial broken (extant). Marked T&Co. for Twentyman & Co. (William Henry Twentyman & Co., Calcutta 1810-1842) H.310mm. 2000gm (64.3 Troy oz).
