1992.6.161

Collection type

Object

Description

Silver repousse pillow endplate, octagonal with foliage design. [El.B 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 25/5/2005]

Long description

One of a pair of octagonal bosses, used to decorate pillow-ends. The boss is made of very thin sheet silver and is decorated with repoussé and incised foliage designs. 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. See 1992.6.160 for the other of the pair. [MdeA 30/9/2002]

Geographical reference

Malaysia

Asia > South-eastern Asia > Malaysia

Person

Field collector Frank Mills

PRM source John R. Frank Mills

Date / Period

Date made: Before 1893

Date collected

1893 - 1913 MALAYSIA

Acquisition information

Donated: 1992

Materials and processes

Material Silver Metal, Process Repoussé, Process Perforated, Process Incised

Dimensions

Diameter: max 121 mm

Object numbers

Accession number: 1992.6.161

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 30/9/2002]

See Related Documents File for correspondence with donor. [MdeA 30/9/2002]

See Photographic Archive collection for albums of photographs. [MdeA 30/9/2002]

Search terms: Furniture Dwelling, Ornament