NINE INDIAN SILVER JEWELLERY PENDANTS
Northern India, late 19th and 20th centuries

Comprising three lidded containers of compressed globular shape, with a scalloped floral collar on their circumference, possibly containing essential oils and perfumes; two pendants in the shape of boteh (paisley leaves) with openwork hoops, and circular trays on the interior, possibly once filled with spices or mithai sonph; and four spherical pendants, one of them incised with a large rosette in the middle surrounded by vegetal meanders, with ogival and rounded openwork hoops, possibly used as containers for lime paste or other medicinal remedies.

The largest 4.2cm long, the smallest 2.5cm long

62gr.