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Description The Brabourne Indian souvenirs
collected or presented in the 1930s
comprising; a rectangular hinged case lined with claret coloured velvet, the?lid with a plaque engraved 'With Humble Respect /?of / Hon. Major. Bhimrao Pantankar / 1st Class Sardar Deccan Hon. A.D.C.' containing an associated peach-coloured silk cloth worked?with a foliate?border of?gold thread and spangles, the centre embroidered 'H.E. / LORD BRABOURNE / GOVERNOR OF / BOMBAY' including a group of finely worked gold-thread embroidered garlands, the first with pastes and stylised coat-of-arms with supporters and with a trade label for 'Narayankedas / Narial bazar, BENARES CITY'?(81cm.), a pair with pendant heart-shaped motifs bordered by tinsel (63cm.) and a set of three, similar but larger with heart motifs and a woven silk handkerchief, the borders with repeated foliate design and the words 'Lady Brabourne Governess of Bengal', stained, together with a small group of silver-metal Indian jewels with paper labels inscribed as follows; 'Earrings / Should hang from?[...] of the ear', 'Anklets / one on each ankle', 'Acorn - Forehead ornament / the string attached should be plaited into the hair across the crown of the head and joined to the wool plait that hangs down the back', 'Hair Chains / Should fall on either side of the face from the "acron" ornament to the ear-ings'
case 6.5cm. high, 91cm. wide, 23cm. deep and the embroidered cloth 8 by 89cm.