calling-card-case

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Object Type
Museum number: 2011,3014.10
Description: Calling card case decorated with jungle scenes, featuring lions, a horse, and bovines. On one side of the hinged lid, elephants face a hut, while on the reverse, there is a central blank shield.
Production date: 1880 (c.)
Production place: Made in: Lucknow, The style of decoration is distinclive of Lucknow, but there is a small possibility that it was made in Kutch by craftsmen imitating the Lucknow style.
Materials
Technique: repoussé; stippled
Dimensions: Height: 10 centimetres; Width: 8 centimetres; Depth: 1 centimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments: For general discussion of calling card cases, see 'Delight in Design: Indian Silver for the Raj.' Dehejia, Vidya. Mapin, 2008, pp.71-81.
Location: Not on display
Condition: Good.
Subjects
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 2011
Department: Asia
Registration number: 2011,3014.10

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