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1992.6.74

Silver rectangular pillow endplate depicting two birds and flowers. [El.B 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 25/5/2005]

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1992.6.74

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Collection type
Object
Description
Silver rectangular pillow endplate depicting two birds and flowers. [El.B 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 25/5/2005]
Long description
Silver rectangular pillow endplate depicting two birds and flowers. The boss is made of very thin sheet silver and is decorated with repoussé designs of birds and plants. The areas between the repoussé birds and flowers are decorated with incised circular designs. There is also some incised cross-hatching on the decoration around the edge. The boss has small perforations all around the edge. These perforations are probably to enable the boss to be stitched or nailed to another object [probably stitched given the small size of the holes.] [SM (Verve) 03/11/2014]
Geographical reference
Malaysia
Asia > South-eastern Asia > Malaysia
Cultural groups
Malay
Person
Field collector Frank Mills
PRM source John R. Frank Mills
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1913
Date collected
1893 - 1913 MALAYSIA
Acquisition information
Donated: 1992
Materials and processes
Material Silver Metal, Process Repoussé, Process Perforated, Process Incised
Dimensions
Length: max 225 mm, Height: max 131 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1992.6.74 Other numbers: 11
Research and responses

'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 16/11/2000]

See donor's original list which is now kept in the Related Documents File. [MdeA 16/11/2000]

Search terms: Furniture Dwelling, Ornament

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