Of rounded circular form composed as twelve staves of mother of pearl (Turbo marmoratus Linnaeus) with an applied unmarked silver rim chased with an ovolo border with textured sections, applied with four openwork scroll sections surmounted by stylised mythical beast’s heads. The underside with a base metal mounting plate, the foot deficient. Diameter - 13.8 cm / 5.35 inches Height – 8 cm / 3.1 inchesNotes:“It should be emphasised that mother-of-pearl was not a material commonly found in the houses of the lesser gentry, but was confined to those of wealth and standing, and items as lavish as a ewer, a basin, or a large bowl were unusual.” For a further discussion of silver mounted mother of pearl objects see Glanville, P., (1990) 'Silver in Tudor and Early Stuart England', London: Victoria and Albert Museum, 1990, pp. 319-320; Museum comparisons: A fully hallmarked silver gilt mounted bowl of 1621-2, also using the lobed decoration to the edge is in the collection of the Victoria and Albert museum (M.17-1968) A Jacobean maker’s mark only bowl and cover is in the collection of the Victoria and Albert museum (M.18&A-1968) The Gilbert collection contains an English silver gilt mounted bowl, collection of the Victoria and Albert museum (LOAN:GILBERT.993-2008) An English silver mounted bowl section or cup formed of staved in the collection of the British Museum (AF.3172) An English silver mounted casket of mother of pearl in the collection of the Museum fo Fine Arts Boston (63.1252) The scroll sections applied to this bowl are characteristic of other Jacobean silver work, usual found in the junction between stem and bowl section on goblets and steeple cups, such as the example of 1613 in the Wallace collection (W150), another standing cup of London 1620 by IC in monogram also has such sections (private collection). A silver mounted cup or bowl with English type mounts was sold Dore and Rees, 27 Nov 2024, lot 132 (£6000 hammer) Indo – Portuguese mother of pearl wares The art of decorating objects with mother-of-pearl from the marine snail turbo marmoratus was first recorded in the northwestern Indian state of Gujarat in 1502, when the Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama was received on the east coast of Africa by the King of Melinde, who presented him with gifts including a bedstead made in Gujarat 'wrought with gold and mother of pearl, a very beautiful thing' (Gaspar Correa, The Three Voyages of Vasco da Gama, London 1869, p.306). Functional objects such as caskets, chargers, candlesticks and drinking vessels were crafted from brass or wooden substrates veneered with a mosaic of mother of pearl affixed with silver pins, creating exotic and luxurious works of art destined for export via European trading companies. Gujarati objects initially came to Europe through the Portuguese, who controlled maritime trade routes in the Arabian Sea throughout the 16th century. Following the naval victory of the English East India Company over Portuguese galleons at the Battle of Swally in 1612, and the 1615-1619 embassy of Sir Thomas Roe (d. 1644) to the Mughal Emperor in Agra, however, England supplanted Portugal as the dominant European power in northwest India and established a trading post at the port of Surat.