INDIAN ENAMEL, GLASS, SEED PEARL AND PASTE PENDANT, PRATAPGARH, 19TH CENTURY
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April 7, 04:12 PM GMT
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1,500 - 2,000 GBP
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INDIAN ENAMEL, GLASS, SEED PEARL AND PASTE PENDANT, PRATAPGARH, 19TH CENTURY
Of octagonal form, the front of green glass applied with gold leaf cut with a design of Hindu deities including Ganesh and Hanuman, the reverse with a design of a peacock and other birds among flowering vines in basse-taille enamel, the border similarly enamelled with geometric patterning, to a pendant loop of seed pearls, and suspending a tassel of seed pearls and green paste beads, fitted case stamped C. Sewell.
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Pratapgarh was a small Rajputana principality established by Raja Pratab Bhadur Singh in the seventeenth century. It is in this kingdom, which passed under British control in 1818, that the thewa technique developed in the second half of the eighteenth century. It remains the main distinctive feature of its jewellery production until today. The green glass surface of thewa pieces are decorated with gold tracery sheets representing usually mythical, religious or secular hunting scenes. The production of Pratapgarh jewellery flourished particularly in Victorian times, when they were exported to Europe as souvenirs, notably Britain.