Makwanpore wine cooler

Indian

Gurkha Museum

1816

An antique silver Indian colonial wine cooler, made in India, probably Calcutta circa 1816 by European silversmith.

• Medium: silver
• Dimensions: 29 x 28 cm
• Art Fund Grant: £1375 ( Total: £5,500)
• ArtFunded in: 1996
• Vendor: Wynyard Wilkinson

Provenance

Made in 1816 as a presentation to Gen. Ochterlony after the successful conclusion of the 1814-16 Nepal war. Bought by present owner (Wynyard Wilkinson) in a job lot of silver from a Phillips sale in Leeds in 1994.

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