Enrica Medugno
Senior Sale Coordinator
Property from a Descendant of Major General Sir David Baird
Lot 155
A repoussé silver pandan reputedly taken from the palace of Tipu Sultan at Seringapatam, from the collection of Major General David Baird (1757-1829) India, 18th Century
22 May 2025, 11:00 BST
London, New Bond StreetSold for £10,240 inc. premium
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Oliver White
Head of Department
A repoussé silver pandan reputedly taken from the palace of Tipu Sultan at Seringapatam, from the collection of Major General David Baird (1757-1829)
India, 18th Century
India, 18th Century
of octagonal form with domed lid, chased and decorated in repoussé with panels containing floral sprays to the lid, the edge of the lid and the base with bands of undulating floral vines, the base with incised valuation mark (siyaqat) to base
12.2 cm. max.; 324 g.
12.2 cm. max.; 324 g.
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Provenance
Property from a descendant of Major General Sir David Baird (1757-1829).
The pandan contains an openwork brass plaque depicting a fish surmounted by a crown flanked by two swords under a canopy. Both are recorded by Denys M. Forrest in his list of artefacts known to have been the property of Sir David Baird, published in his book Tiger of Mysore: Life and Death of Tipu Sultan, Bombay, 1970 (see page 360 where the two objects are described as 'Silver Box containing one of Tipu's Turban Ornaments'). The fish and the crown on the plaque are actually indicative of the rulers of Lucknow and the nawabs of Oudh, so the connection with Tipu Sultan must be spurious.