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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 305936, member: 2844&quot;]That is beautiful, raver!</p><p>Pity the maker didn&#039;t sign it, it could be the same one. Not only was this Sivakoti Chandrayya a master carver, but he could read and write English at a time when many people in Britain couldn&#039;t.</p><p><br /></p><p>By the way, I was looking for the loins holding the cartouche. Couldn&#039;t find them, but those lions are doing a great job.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie75" alt=":playful:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> I contemplated adding something about the possibility of the maker&#039;s mark, but decided to keep it in good taste.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie98" alt=":wideyed:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>In India, as in Europe, lions are a symbol of royalty. If it is the same maker, he was employed by the Maharaja. The box could have been made for use in the palace or to be given by the Maharaja to a loyal subject.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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