Indian Colonial silver twin handled trophy, late 19th/early 20th century, marked P. Orr & Sons, Madras, silver, circular bowl chased with stylised flowers above lobed decoration, supported on a slender tapering stem flanked by scrolling ribbons, bound at the centre by a band of acanthus leaf on stepped circular foot, total weight 320gms, height 22.5 cm;Provenance: Sothebys Sydney, 27 October 2015, Lot 314;catalogue note: the largest and most successful of the European owned firms in Madras and the south of India was P. Orr & Sons of Madras, whose products were chosen by some of the Indian Princes as gifts to be presented to the Price of Wales on his visit to India in 1875-76. By 1900 P.Orr & Sons was described by George Watt as 'The largest and best appointed establishment of this kind in India
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- Acanthus - A stylized leaf motif, one of the primary decorative elements of classical Greek and Roman architecture, derived from the genus of flowering plants in the family Acanthaceae, native to tropical and subtropical regions of the Mediterranean area. It is a common element in classical Greek and Roman design, and is often seen in Corinthian and Composite order columns and used as a decorative element in English, European and Australian furniture, particularly on the curve of a leg, and as decoration for a corbel.
- Chasing - The method of decorating gold and silver objects using a punch and hammer so that the design appears in relief. Flat or surface chasing is done from the front giving the item definition, but not cutting into the metal.
Chasing is the opposite technique to repousse, but an object that has repousse work, may then have chasing applied to create a finished piece.
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