More prettiness this time of a bejeweled kind from “Jeypore (Jaipur) Enamels”, a folio with 28 chromolithograph plates. S. S. Jacob and Surgeon-Major Thomas Holbein Hendley, makers. Published in London in 1886.

Enamel and gold-plate jewelry.
Enamel and gold-plate jewelry. Collection of the New York Public Library. NYPL Digital Image ID: 831904. In the public domain. Please click through the link for a description of each item. via http://www.victorianweb.org/history/empire/india/nypl6.html
Plate 2. A series of designs for the backs of daggers or hunting knives.
Plate 2. A series of designs for the backs of daggers, or hunting knives. Image © Metropress Ltd, (t/a Auction Technology Group) 2019. Fair use license. via https://www.the-saleroom.com/en-gb/auction-catalogues/lyon-and-turnbull/catalogue-id-srly10079/lot-76f7e397-7fbc-4520-bc17-a4f100a012e3
Plate 8. Cup, spoon and saucer that goes with the cup.
Plate 8. Cup, spoon and saucer that goes with the cup. Image © Gros and Delettrez, Paris. Fair use license. via http://www.gros-delettrez.com/html/fiche.jsp?id=2473210&np=3&lng=fr&npp=50&ordre=3&aff=1&r=

This is the first part with more coming as I found enough great images for two posts.

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