Mughal Indian Silver Beaker

Mughal Chased Silver Beaker

This beaker or cup is of solid silver. It sits on a low ring foot and rises to a wide mouth. The sides are chased with a lower band of curved arches alternately plain and decorated with a Mughalesque flower.

The upper register is decorated with a wider band of repeated flower and leaf scrollwork.

The cup is heavy for its size. The silver is also quite pure and probably more pure than sterling.

The base is stamped with British hallmarks for foreign silver – it was assayed in the 1970s at the Birmingham assay office. The marks are late and were probably added so that the cup could be legally sold in England as silver, but the cup itself dates to 19th century India.