SOUTH INDIAN; INDIA
Bangle
circa 1850 - 1875RCIN 11522
Trichinopoly was famed for its highly sculptural gold jewellery. The bangle comprises ascending makara (mythological creatures) heads, the two largest inlaid with ruby eyes. The Prince purchased this bangle from a peddler, referred to as boxwallah in William Howard Russell’s diary, and presented it to Queen Victoria as a birthday present.