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Coombes Company Limited, Rangoon
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fl c1830s-1940s
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A successful company during the period of British rule in Burma, Coombes Company produced many of the ceremonial, commemorative and souviner silver items used by the colonial administrators. Stylistically, Burmese silver often had figures set in high relief, the work was often pierced and the base chased with the maker’s own particular mark or ’signature’. Burmese silver from the Raj period (the time of British rule) typically consists of drinking cups, betel and lime boxes and thabeik bowls (begging bowls). European forms, such as tea sets and other household and personal items, are not found as commonly as in Indian silver, but are occasionally seen. The company also supplied firearms and ammunition.
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Specialist website - josephcohenantiques.com