A rare mid to late 19^th century Anglo - Indian silver butter dish, 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. Modelled after a Kashmiri lacquered papier mache turban box. Each all over with chased decoration in shawl pattern.

Height – 9 cm / 3.5 inches

Diameter – 8.7 cm / 3.45 inches

Weight – 250 grams / 8.04 ozt

For an example of a Kashmir butter dish and stand, also formed after a turban box, sold these rooms, 14 Feb 2023, lot 158 (£3000 incl. prem)

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.