NAM.1958-07-73-1

Soup plate, porcelain, made by Minton c.1875. Taken by Surgeon Gen D J O Callaghan at the Fall of Delhi from the palace of Bahadur Shah II, King of Delhi, Indian Mutiny (1857-1859) 1857. Given by Callaghan to Mrs WE Rutherford, wife of Captain Walter Elliot Rutherford, 28th Bengal Native Infantry. The piece is hand-painted with an armorial / crest of a turban, two flags and a trident, possibly belonging to an Indian regiment. It has a royal blue border with salmon pink detail.

Delhi, Siege of, 1857 (Indian Mutiny 1857-1859)