1825-1826 Indian Colonial Silver Ewer Basin (Church Silver) (126 g)

$425.00
As the story goes, a church in England this year was doing some spring cleaning and this was found out back in their till. It was then sold on by the rummager at a boot sale to an English dealer and from there, I acquired it. Their loss is our gain. This is a really lovely and early piece of Ottoman made church silver, likely presented as a gift. In very good condition. You can repurpose this as a catch all or any other purpose you can imagine. No other marks than the presentation in Arabic: “Shah Sileh Ali 1241” with the most likely reading is, “A gift of Shah Ali, 1241 AH”, (شاه صلة علي ١٢٤١). Ghāzī-ud-Dīn Ḥaydar Shāh (r. 1814–1827) of Oudh (Awadh, Lucknow) is a possible candidate for the origin of the gift to an English missionary. Silver not marked for the maker is very common at this time in India. His court’s craftsmanship (Lucknow) was heavily Persianate and certainly capable of pro9ducing church silver and presentation wares. A basin engraved “Shah Ṣilah ʿAlī 1241” could have been “Gift of Shah ʿAlī [King Ali, i.e. Ghāzī-ud-Dīn Ḥaydar Shāh] 1825–26.” Dimensions: 5.25" (1.75" across for the ewer or altar cruet base) Weight: 126 grams Check out some other silver holloware from around the world: https://www.etsy.com/shop/DCSILVERSHOP?ref=shop_sugg§ion_id=6783258 Or just browse the whole shop: https://www.etsy.com/shop/DCSILVERSHOP
As the story goes, a church in England this year was doing some spring cleaning and this was found out back in their till. It was then sold on by the rummager at a boot sale to an English dealer and from there, I acquired it. Their loss is our gain. This is a really lovely and early piece of Ottoman made church silver, likely presented as a gift. In very good condition. You can repurpose this as a catch all or any other purpose you can imagine. No other marks than the presentation in Arabic: “Shah Sileh Ali 1241” with the most likely reading is, “A gift of Shah Ali, 1241 AH”, (شاه صلة علي ١٢٤١). Ghāzī-ud-Dīn Ḥaydar Shāh (r. 1814–1827) of Oudh (Awadh, Lucknow) is a possible candidate for the origin of the gift to an English missionary. Silver not marked for the maker is very common at this time in India. His court’s craftsmanship (Lucknow) was heavily Persianate and certainly capable of pro9ducing church silver and presentation wares. A basin engraved “Shah Ṣilah ʿAlī 1241” could have been “Gift of Shah ʿAlī [King Ali, i.e. Ghāzī-ud-Dīn Ḥaydar Shāh] 1825–26.” Dimensions: 5.25" (1.75" across for the ewer or altar cruet base) Weight: 126 grams Check out some other silver holloware from around the world: https://www.etsy.com/shop/DCSILVERSHOP?ref=shop_sugg§ion_id=6783258 Or just browse the whole shop: https://www.etsy.com/shop/DCSILVERSHOP