Armlet

Description

Armlet (bazuband) of gilded silver set with large stones of rock crystal, the back is made of gold enamelled in translucent red, green and dark blue with a flower vase, crimson silk threads fasten the piece around the upper arm: Northern India, 1800 - 1850

Museum reference

A.1911.452

Collection

World Culture

Object name

Armlet, Arm ornament

Production information

India, South Asia

Date

First half 19th century

Materials

Crystal, Gold, Silver, Enamel, Silk

Physical description

Crystal plaque with gold edge and smaller crystals set in silver, the back Jeypore enamel on gold; attached to red silken threads

Associations

Previous owner: Broun-Ramsay, James, 1st Marquess of Dalhousie, 1812 - 1860
Dalhousie Collection
Auctioneer: Dowells Ltd
Previous owner: Lindsay Carnegie, Donald, Major, 1840 - 1911
17th Bengal Cavalry

Exhibitions

• Indian Encounters (14 Nov 2014 - 01 Mar 2015)
  National Museum of Scotland

• From Stromness to the Punjab: Sir John Login, Maharaja Duleep Singh and the Treasures of Lahore (01 Apr 2014 - 30 Sep 2014)
  Stromness Museum

References

FRIEDERIKE VOIGT, ROSANNA NICOLSON AND LAURA BENNISON. 2017. ‘PANJAB CONNECTIONS’: A YOUNG ROOTS HERITAGE PROJECT AT NATIONAL MUSEUMS SCOTLAND. Journal of Museum Ethnography, no. 30, pp. 24-48