Antique Indian Islamic Silver Rose Water Sprinkler Gulab Pash 19th Century India
$1,600.00
Antique Indian Islamic solid silver rose water sprinkler (Gulab Pash - Gulab Dani) 19th century Northern India. The sprinkler of typical Mughal form, rising from a circular base to a globular body ornamented with finely hand repousse in relief, chased and engraved with scrolling foliage, enclosed by lobed medallions. The knobbed stem leads to a long-tapered neck terminating on the end to a flower form sprinkler head.
It is unmarked like most 18th-century Indian silver, but acid tested as 900-grade purity silver.
CONDITION: In good condition considering its age, showing age and usage, no repairs or restoration.
MEASUREMENTS: Height: 25,5 cm (10.04 inches),
WEIGHT: 229 grams
The rosewater sprinklers or Gulab Pash have been widely used during the Mughal Empire (1526-1857) in the Mughal court and by the Indian Muslim and Hindu nobilities.
The sprinkler is accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity.
