Tray

Museum number:
9-12114
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21090012114
Accession number:
Acc.2967
Description:
Ceremonial tray; Parsi; German silver, electroplated in silver; flat, circular bottom with slightly elliptical sides; owner’s initials in English on top center, donor’s father’s name in Gujerati on outer side, manufacturer’s trademark on bottom; used in religious and quasi-religious ceremonies to hold ceremonial objects or ritual and symbolic foods. As with many Zoroastrian/Parsa ceremonial objects, it has a counterpart in common domestic use.
Donor:
M. B. Ichaporia and Mrs. M. B. Ichaporia
Collection place:
Mumbai (Bombay), Maharashtra State, India
Culture or time period:
Parsi
Collector:
Niloufer Hirschmann Ichaporia
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Trays
Function:
5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Accession date:
1972
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Tray, accession number 9-12114, described as Ceremonial tray; Parsi; German silver, electroplated in silver; flat, circular bottom with slightly elliptical sides; owner’s initials in English on top center, donor’s father’s name in Gujerati on outer side, manufacturer’s trademark on bottom; used in religious and quasi-religious ceremonies to hold ceremonial objects or ritual and symbolic foods. As with many Zoroastrian/Parsa ceremonial objects, it has a counterpart in common domestic use.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Tray, accession number 9-12114, described as Ceremonial tray; Parsi; German silver, electroplated in silver; flat, circular bottom with slightly elliptical sides; owner’s initials in English on top center, donor’s father’s name in Gujerati on outer side, manufacturer’s trademark on bottom; used in religious and quasi-religious ceremonies to hold ceremonial objects or ritual and symbolic foods. As with many Zoroastrian/Parsa ceremonial objects, it has a counterpart in common domestic use.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Tray, accession number 9-12114, described as Ceremonial tray; Parsi; German silver, electroplated in silver; flat, circular bottom with slightly elliptical sides; owner’s initials in English on top center, donor’s father’s name in Gujerati on outer side, manufacturer’s trademark on bottom; used in religious and quasi-religious ceremonies to hold ceremonial objects or ritual and symbolic foods. As with many Zoroastrian/Parsa ceremonial objects, it has a counterpart in common domestic use.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Tray, accession number 9-12114, described as Ceremonial tray; Parsi; German silver, electroplated in silver; flat, circular bottom with slightly elliptical sides; owner’s initials in English on top center, donor’s father’s name in Gujerati on outer side, manufacturer’s trademark on bottom; used in religious and quasi-religious ceremonies to hold ceremonial objects or ritual and symbolic foods. As with many Zoroastrian/Parsa ceremonial objects, it has a counterpart in common domestic use.

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