Chromolithograph Cotton Bale Advertising Label - Early 20th Century Period - 17th Century All original brasswork - Late

All original brasswork - Late 19th Century

Dokra metal casting is one of the oldest traditional techniques of metal casting in India that uses the lost wax casting method

91 x 4 x 180 (wxdxh cms)

From Burma

over a doorway

Chromolithograph Cotton Bale Advertising Label - Early 20th Century Period - 17th Century All original brasswork - LateThis vibrant framed chromolithograph is a set of four original Manchester cotton bale labels produced in the early 20th century for F. Steiner Co. of Manchester (founded 1832), one of the most important turkey red dyeing companies outside Glasgow. This particular label can also be found in the British Museum (acc 2008,3020. 7). The central image depicts a famous sequence from Srimad Bhagavatam (Canto 10, Chapter 44) where youthful Lord Krishna grabs