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However, this salver belongs to a group of objects including a bottle bearing an extremely rare crest lightly incised into the gold. The crest, a horse's head and crown, have been identified as those of John Deane, an English colonial administrator who went on to hold the post of the English East India Company's President of Bengal from 1723 to 1726, and again from 1728 to 1732. He indulged in private trading which gave him a considerable income. Contemporary records record that he requested extra dinner and table allowances to meet his obligations to host members of the Company's Council, and it is probable that this salver and its related cups and bottle (C.140-1936, C.141-1936 and C.143-1936) were made during the period of his Presidency. Scientific analyis has demonstrated that the glass is English; at this time, imported lump glass and ingots were beng exported from England to India and refashioned for the local market. The precise place of manufacture cannot be given with certainty, but it could have been made in Lucknow or Patna, both known glass-making centres.","physicalDescription":"SALVER: Cobalt blue glass with gilt decoration. 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Probably Lucknow or Patna, c. 1700-1730","bibliographicReferences":[{"reference":{"text":"Skelton, Robert, et al, <i>The Indian Heritage. Court life and Arts under Mughal Rule</i> London: The Victoria and Albert Museum, 1982","id":"AUTH352798"},"details":"p. 126, cat. no. 399, Susan Stronge","free":"Tara Desjardins, ‘Patna, Lucknow, and the Curious Crest of John Deane: an Investigation of Two Indian Glass Centers and a Colonial Drinking Set’ in The Journal of Glass Studies, Volume 63, 2021, 247-267. 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