Salt & pepper casters
Add to albumThis set of silver salt and pepper casters was made by around 1860 by Hamilton and Co of Calcutta. It is one of the most important surviving sets of colonial Indian casters. Two of the casters are marked 'S' for salt, one marked 'P' for pepper and one marked 'K' for kayan (today's cayenne pepper).
Colonial Indian casters of such distinctive design are virtually unknown. The workmanship is clearly provincial, lacking the finesse and consistency of sophisticated smiths.
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- Online ID: 000-100-082-007-C
- Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
- Project:
National Museums Scotland
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- Ref: National Museums Scotland A.1961.564 A
- Date: Around 1860
c. 1860 c. 1860 c. 1860 c. 1860 c. 1860 c. 1860 c. 1860 c. 1860
- Material: Silver
Silver Silver Silver Silver. Inscription: On rim of foot: A; elephant; H&C; [illegible tally mark]; on one face: S; on opposite face: a pheon point downwards, with part of the shaft therein Silver. Inscription: On rim of foot: H&C; A; elephant; [illegible tally mark]; on one face: K; on opposite face: a pheon point downwards, with part of the shaft therein Silver. Inscription: On rim of foot: H&C; A; elephant; [illegible tally mark]; on one face: P; on opposite face: a pheon point downwards, with part of the shaft therein; on bezel of cover: 1 Silver. Inscription: On rim of foot: H&C; A; elephant; [illegible tally mark]; on one face: S Caster Caster Caster Caster Cover, caster Cover, caster Cover, caster Cover, caster
- Dimensions: 89 mm H x 40 mm rim D
89 mm H x 40 mm rim D 89 mm max H x 40 mm rim D 89 mm max H x 40 mm rim D Body 72 mm H; foot 37 mm D; rim 35 mm D Body 72 mm H; foot 37 mm D; rim 35 mm D Body 72 mm H; foot 37 mm D; rim 35 mm D Body 73 mm H; foot 37 mm D; rim 35 mm D
- What: Caster
Caster Caster Caster Cover, caster Cover, caster Cover, caster Cover, caster
- Subject:
- Who: Hamilton and Company (Maker)
Hamilton and Company (Maker) Hamilton and Company (Maker) Hamilton and Company (Maker) Hamilton and Company (Maker) Hamilton and Company (Maker) Hamilton and Company (Maker) Hamilton and Company (Maker)
- Where: India, Calcutta
India, Ccutta India, Ccutta India, Ccutta India, Ccutta India, Ccutta India, Ccutta India, Ccutta
- Event:
- Description: Colonial Indian silver caster with a tall straight-sided six segment body, by Hamilton and Company, Calcutta, c. 1860, engraved 'P' for pepper and with the crest of a pheon point downwards
Mushroom-shaped cover with small ball finial for a Colonial Indian silver caster, by Hamilton and Company, Calcutta, c. 1860 Colonial Indian silver caster with a tall straight-sided six segment body, by Hamilton and Company, Calcutta, c. 1860, engraved 'K' for kayan and with the crest of a pheon point downwards Mushroom-shaped cover with small ball finial for a Colonial Indian silver caster, by Hamilton and Company, Calcutta, c. 1860 Colonial Indian silver caster with a tall straight-sided six segment body, by Hamilton and Company, Calcutta, c. 1860, engraved 'S' for salt on one face Mushroom-shaped segmented cover with small ball finial for a Colonial Indian silver caster, by Hamilton and Company, Calcutta, c. 1860 Colonial Indian silver caster with a tall straight-sided six segment body, by Hamilton and Company, Calcutta, c. 1860, engraved 'S' for salt and with the crest of a pheon point downwards Mushroom-shaped segmented cover with small ball finial for a Colonial Indian silver caster, by Hamilton and Company, Calcutta, c. 1860
- References:
- Wilkinson, p. 69
- Wilkinson, p. 69
- Wilkinson, p. 69
- Wilkinson, p. 69
- Wilkinson, p. 69
- Wilkinson, p. 69
- Wilkinson, p. 69
- Wilkinson, p. 69
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