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Her uncle's great-grandfather, Colonel James McBean of the 78th Highlanders 'received it as loot after the fighting against Tippoo Sahib at Seringapatan. It is said to have been dug up from under the ground in Tippoo Sahibs tent'. Tipu Sultan's treasury contained quantities of silver wares from India, Europe and China, all of which was divided between the victorious East India Company army after the siege of the Mysore ruler's fortified city of Srirangapatnam  in 1799, during which he was killed.","physicalDescription":"the circular dish has cusped edges, flat base covered with finely chased decoration of two sinuous dragons encircling a central flame-like motif, with some details gilt, and on a tooled ground. The cavetto is filled with deep oval depressions. The rim is decorated with alternating roundels, each containing a horse, and cartouches containing blossoming branches and either birds (including cranes) or butterflies. All these motifs are worked in repousse.","artistMakerPerson":[],"artistMakerOrganisations":[],"artistMakerPeople":[],"materials":[{"text":"silver","id":"AAT11029"}],"techniques":[],"materialsAndTechniques":"silver, chased and partly gilt, some details worked in repousse","categories":[],"styles":[],"collectionCode":{"text":"SSEA","id":"THES48598"},"images":["2009CA7191","2009CA7192"],"imageResolution":"high","galleryLocations":[{"current":{"text":"001","id":"THES415293"},"free":"","case":"","shelf":"","box":""}],"partTypes":[[{"text":"Salver","id":""}]],"contentWarnings":[{"apprise":"","note":""}],"placesOfOrigin":[{"place":{"text":"China","id":"x29398"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"productionDates":[{"date":{"text":"18th century (?)","earliest":"1700-01-01","latest":"1800-12-31"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"associatedObjects":[{"object":{"text":"IS.35-1962","id":"O153901"},"association":""}],"creditLine":"Given by Mrs Joan O'Malley","dimensions":[{"dimension":"Width","value":"37.2","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"varies slightly to 37.3 cm.","note":""}],"dimensionsNote":"","marksAndInscriptions":[],"objectHistory":"Nominal File: O'Malley, Mrs Joan\r\nLetter from Mrs O'Malley to Trenchard Cox, dated  June 28 [1962]: Dear Trenchard, I have been left a silver & gold salver - the gold part being in the design of dragonlike creatures with which it is decorated. The story around it is that my uncles Great Grandfather, Colonel James McBean of the 78th Highlanders (which became the Seaforth Highlanders & now they have vanished into amalgamation) received as loot after the fighting against Tippoo Sahib at Seringapatan. It is said to have been dug up from under the ground in Tippoo Sahibs tent\" [offers it to the museum]","historicalContext":"","briefDescription":"Silver salver associated with Tipu Sultan","bibliographicReferences":[{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"Mohammad Moienuddin, Sunset at Srirangapatam. After the Death of Tipu Sultan, Orient Longman, Hyderabad, 2000, p. 110 (listed as China, 18th century, following earlier V&A descriptions)."},{"reference":{"text":"Stronge, Susan, Tipu's Tigers, London: V&A Publishing, 2009 ISBN. 9781851775750","id":"AUTH337013"},"details":"p. 27, no. 23","free":""}],"production":"associated with Tipu Sultan","productionType":{"text":"","id":""},"contentDescription":"","contentPlaces":[],"associatedPlaces":[],"contentPerson":[],"associatedPerson":[],"contentOrganisations":[],"associatedOrganisations":[],"contentPeople":[],"associatedPeople":[],"contentEvents":[],"associatedEvents":[],"contentOthers":[{"text":"dragon","id":"x30096"},{"text":"butterfly","id":"x30161"},{"text":"blossom","id":"x36410"},{"text":"crane","id":"x34973"},{"text":"clouds","id":"x30091"},{"text":"horse","id":"x30117"}],"contentConcepts":[],"contentLiteraryRefs":[],"galleryLabels":[{"text":"SALVER\r\nSilver, with panels of repoussé, chased and partly gilded\r\nChina\r\n18th century\n\r\nIS.34-1962\r\nGiven by Mrs Joan O’Malley\r\nTipu Sultan’s palace contained silver from India and Europe as well as China. This piece was allegedly dug from the ground near the ruler’s tent in the chaotic aftermath of the fall of Seringapatam. It was described as ‘loot’ by the donor, a descendant of the officer who took it after the siege.","date":{"text":"27/9/2013","earliest":"2013-09-27","latest":"2013-09-27"}}],"partNumbers":["IS.34-1962"],"accessionNumberNum":"34","accessionNumberPrefix":"IS","accessionYear":1962,"otherNumbers":[],"copyNumber":"","aspects":["WHOLE"],"assets":["2020MP2184"],"recordModificationDate":"2026-05-07","recordCreationDate":"2008-05-01","availableToBook":false}}