Anglo-Indian Mughal Bronze Cache Pot

19th century Anglo Raj Mughal bronzed metal copper vessel water or milk bucket. Originally used to carry water, this hand-hammered metal vessel from India ...

A late-19th century Mughal Indian oversized Mughal Indian brass bottle urn. A sleek, elegant brass vessel, fluted neck, with cap. Lucknow circa ...

19th century Anglo-Indian Mughal wood box, inlaid and hand carved with the Taj Mahal and some flowers all around. Jewelry box, Anglo-Raj box from India in great condition. Nice Mughal Bombay Box...

Anglo-Indian hardwood three-panel Screen. This is a beautifully carved sculptural hardwood Anglo-Indian Wooden Mughal screen in Victorian colonial Raj. T...

Nice and unusual Indian Mughal style large decorative box, filigree and carved horn. Anglo-Indian footed domed box with exceptional engraved details throughout with filigree and carved veneered bone plaques with arabesque carving. Vizagapatam, late 19th century. History of the Anglo-Indian Boxes Beginning in the early part of the 18th century, Indian artisans made what came to be known as Anglo-Indian boxes for the English residents living in India, who eventually brought or sent them back to England. At the beginning of the 19th century, India began exporting these boxes commercially, although not in any significant numbers until the 1850s. People valued them so highly that manufacturers of tins copied the designs on them in the late 19th and early 20th century. Anglo-Indian boxes fall into four groups: Rosewood or ebony boxes inlaid; sandalwood boxes veneered; sandalwood boxes covered with Sadeli mosaic; and carved boxes often combined with Sadeli mosaic/ The first two categories came from Vizagapatam in East India while the last two came from Bombay in West India. English traders discovered the rich woods and intricate workmanship of Indian artisans, so colonial government officials began to recognize the work of the Indian artists and craftsmen as a source for satisfying the need for furniture and boxes, which would both serve to enhance English households in India. This gave rise to the cabinetmaking workshops in Vizagapatam between Calcutta and Madras. Craftsmen made the first boxes to be decorated with Sadeli mosaic of rosewood or ebony, incised to give further definition to the decoration, directly inlaid into the wood. The shape of the early boxes was either sloping at the front with a flatter section at the back, reminiscent of English writing slopes, or rectangular. Artisans inlaid the borders with stylized floral scrolls and the centers with a single floral motif following a circular or oval symmetrical or asymmetrical pattern. The edging was ornamental and protective, both helped protect the end grain against the weather. Made in Vizagapatam, situated on the south east coast of India, near Madras These exotic boxes...

Large vintage polished brass planters hammered chased design of textured . Handcrafted Anglo-Indian, Anglo Raj polished brass vessel planter hammered with elephants and lions in the jungle with forged cast brass ring handles. Oversized Moorish Mughal style beautifully and finely hand chiseled brass planter embossed with animals and foliate textured designs. Solid brass planter...

The piece is elaborately carved featuring an eagle with a snake in its mouth. It is raised upon a base that terminates with 4 elephant motif feet. Fabulous hardwood carving.

French Majolica cyclamens square cache pot planter signed Onnaing, circa 1900. Art Nouveau period.

French Majolica cyclamens square cache pot planter signed Onnaing, circa 1900. Art Nouveau period.

Dudson Brothers of Hanley England Jasperware cache pot Brown cache pot decorated with white classical scene, raised on foot rim Marked on the bott...

French Desvres faience jardinière cachepot painted with flowers, coat of arms and a farmer, circa 1900.

Two important cache-pots made in Italy for Christian Dior around 1980. In glazed earthenware in imitation of marble inlay with gilt fillets. Signed.