1992.6.217.2

Collection type

Object

Description

Lacquered wooden stand for silver bowl. For silver bowl see [1992.6.217 .1]. [RM [OPS move] 22/7/2016]

Long description

Silver bowl [.1] and round wooden base [.2] that has been lacquered black. [ZM 9/6/2005] Silver bowl with scalloped rim ornamented with faces and a handle on either side of the bowl ornamented with the head of a lion. The bowl is inscribed with the details and date of a horse racing event in 1900, and rests on a round wooden base that has been lacquered black. [JP 13/11/2002]

Geographical reference

Malaysia

Asia > South-eastern Asia > Malaysia

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Europe > Northern Europe > United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Person

Field collector Frank Mills

PRM source John R. Frank Mills

Date / Period

Date made: 1905

Date collected

1905 - 1945

Acquisition information

Donated: 1992

Materials and processes

Material Wood Plant, Process Incised

Dimensions

Diameter: max 232 mm, Height: max 92 mm

Object numbers

Accession number: 1992.6.217.2

Research and responses

Examined on 30 January 2013 during a research visit by Wynyard Wilkinson, an expert in Asian silverware, who knew from the hallmarks this was made in London in 1905 by Charles Stuart Harris and Sons and contains at least 92.5 % silver, so can definitely be classed as sterling silver. [ZM 30/01/2013]

'Lieutenant-Colonel F. Mills, D.S.O. was born in Liverpool in 1873. In 1893 or 1894 he went to Malaya as a Civil Engineer to develop the railway system. In his spare time he enjoyed big game hunting and polo. He left Malaya in 1913 and returned to England. Obtained a Commission in the Royal Welsh Fusiliers and commanded the 6th Battalion in Palestine and at Gallipoli. Received the D.S.O. at the Battle of Gaza. Left the army at the end of the war. Married in 1919, and lived in Wales until his death in 1945.' [MdeA 14/10/2002]

Search terms: Vessel, Ritual and Ceremonial, Sport, Commemoration, Bowl, Ceremonial Object