ABBEY FINE SILVERPLATE SERVICE BY PALL & LALL - INDIA >A DISTINGUISHED SILVERPLATE SERVICE COMPRISING TWO ELEGANT SERVING VESSELS AND ACCOMPANYING PRESENTATION BOXES, BEARING THE MAKER'S MARK OF PALL & LALL, THE RENOWNED INDIAN SILVERWARE MANUFACTURER. THIS COLLECTION EXEMPLIFIES MID-TWENTIETH CENTURY INDIAN SILVERPLATE CRAFTSMANSHIP, CHARACTERISED BY REFINED PROPORTIONS AND FUNCTIONAL DESIGN.

COMPOSITION AND CONTENTS:
THE SERVICE INCLUDES TWO SUBSTANTIAL SILVERPLATE SERVING VESSELS WITH PEDESTAL BASES AND FLARED RIMS, EACH DISPLAYING THE HALLMARKS OF QUALITY INDIAN MANUFACTURE. THE PIECES ARE ACCOMPANIED BY THEIR ORIGINAL PRESENTATION BOXES: A BLUE VELVET-LINED CASE WITH GILT CROWN EMBLEM AND CREAM SILK INTERIOR MARKED 'ABBEY FINE SILVERPLATE BY PALL & LALL INDIA', AND TWO SEPARATE WOODEN STORAGE BOXES WITH FITTED INTERIORS, ONE BEARING THE 'ELITE' MAKER'S MARK TO THE LID.

MAKER AND ATTRIBUTION:
- MAKER: PALL & LALL, INDIA
- MARK: STAMPED TO SERVING VESSELS AND PRESENTATION PACKAGING MATERIAL: SILVERPLATE (.925 EQUIVALENT FINISH)

CONDITION:
THE SILVERPLATE SURFACES DISPLAY THE NATURAL PATINA CONSISTENT WITH AGE AND USE, WITH MINOR SURFACE OXIDATION THAT IS CHARACTERISTIC OF SILVERPLATE OVER TIME. THE SERVING VESSELS REMAIN STRUCTURALLY SOUND WITH NO SPLITS, DENTS, OR REPAIRS EVIDENT. THE ORIGINAL PRESENTATION BOXES RETAIN THEIR VELVET LININGS AND SILK INTERIOR FITTINGS, WITH MINOR WEAR TO THE FABRIC CONSISTENT WITH STORAGE AND AGE. THE WOODEN STORAGE BOXES SHOW APPROPRIATE SURFACE MARKS AND PATINA.

PROVENANCE:
PRIVATE COLLECTION. THE ORIGINAL PRESENTATION AND STORAGE BOXES SUGGEST THIS SERVICE HAS BEEN CAREFULLY MAINTAINED AND PRESERVED SINCE ACQUISITION.

PALL & LALL SILVERPLATE SERVICES FROM THIS PERIOD REPRESENT A SIGNIFICANT SEGMENT OF INDIAN EXPORT SILVERWARE, COMBINING TRADITIONAL CRAFTSMANSHIP WITH MID-CENTURY DESIGN SENSIBILITIES. THE INCLUSION OF ORIGINAL PRESENTATION BOXES AND STORAGE CASES ADDS CONSIDERABLE APPEAL TO COLLECTORS OF INDIAN SILVERPLATE AND MID-CENTURY DECORATIVE ARTS.

Item Size: Height: 30cm, Width: 30cm, Depth: 30cm, Weight: 3Kg

Condition: Good - Refer To Images

656445+10

Location of item: 18 Paradise Road, Acacia Ridge, QLD, Australia

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