Object Description
A set of 6 antique French 1st Standard .950 silver dinner plates belonging to the Maharaja of Baroda. The plates are of shaped circular form with a scroll border. It has the engraving of a crown and sabre for the Maharaja of Baroda.
Dimensions: diameter 24 cm; weight (approximately) 288 troy oz.
Sayaji Rao Gaekwar III, Maharaja of Baroda (1875 – 1939) until acquired by, Shiri Kirtilal Manilal Mehta (1907 – 1993), and descent to, Mrs Charu Kishor Mehta (b. 1943).
Made in 1925 for The Maharaja at the Paris exposition of 1925, which introduced Art Modern to the public (now commonly called Art Deco). The Maharaja was one of India’s richest men, with a palace the largest dwelling in India – four times the size of Buckingham Palace.