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Casket in the form of a fish
Bengal [India](nationality)1897
Royal Collection Trust, UK
London, United Kingdom
A silver address casket in the form of a fish; an articulated body of over-lapping scales, alternately parcel gilt, its tail with punched decoration, the detachable chased head secured by a hook; glass eyes over red foil.
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Details
- Title: Casket in the form of a fish
- Creator: Bengal [India](nationality)
- Date Created: 1897
- Location Created: Bengal, India
- Type: Presentation casket
- Rights: Supplied by Royal Collection Trust/© Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II 2017
- External Link: http://www.rct.uk/collection/42221
- Provenance: Presented to Queen Victoria by the inhabitants of Monghyr district, Bengal, as a Diamond Jubilee gift, 1897
- Media and technique: Silver, glass, foil, gilt
- Dimensions: 16.6 x 65.0 x 7.9 cm(whole object)
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