INDIAN OCCUPATION CARDS ON MICA, BENARES, INDIA, CIRCA 1830S, MAKER UNKNOWN. 26 OF 26 CARDS, DELICATELY HAND PAINTED IN GOUACHE ON 24 PIECES OF MICA PLUS TWO CARDS ON BOARD DEPICTING TWO HEADS (RARE, COMPARED TO THE USUAL ONE HEADED CARD), ONE HEAD FOR A STANDING FIGURE AND ONE HEAD FOR A SEATED FIGURE. THE 24 FIGURE CARDS DEPICT OCCUPATIONS, VENDORS, AND SERVANTS, AND ARE BLANK AT THE FACES SO THEY CAN BE SUPERIMPOSED OVER THE CARDS WITH FACES. THE 24 CARDS INCLUDED IN THIS SET ARE (1) GRAIN SELLER, SEATED AND WEARING A RED SARI, (2) SERVANT, WEARING AN ENGLISH HAT, IS WALKING TWO DOGS FOR AN ENGLISH OWNER, (3) FEMALE WORSHIPER IN RED SARI IS SQUATTING AND HOLDING A BELL AND FLOWERS, NEXT TO HER IS A TEMPLE POT WITH GANGES WATER, AND A DISH WITH OFFERINGS, THIS MICA CARD IS POSITIONED ON TOP OF ONE OF THE TWO "HEAD" CARDS IN THIS SET, (4) LOCKSMITH WEARS A DHOTI, (A LIGHT WEIGHT GARMENT ABOUT 3 TO 3 1/2 YARDS, COMPARED TO A SARI OF 6 YARDS) AND A CHADDAR (SHAWL) OVER HIS SHOULDERS, AND HE CARRIES A RING WITH KEYS AND AN UMBRELLA FOR PROTECTION AGAINST THE HEAT, (5) VENDOR WEARS A WHITE DHOTI AND CARRIES A JAGGERY POT, (6) VENDOR IS SELLING CRACKED RICE WITH PEPPERS AND ONIONS, HE WEARS A GRAY DHOTI WITH KURTA (TOP GARMENT) AND A INDIAN TOWEL AROUND HIS WAIST, (7) A TWO-HEADED CARD THAT SLIDES BENEATH THE PAINTED MICA CARDS, (8) WOMAN MUSICIAN IS WEARING A SARI AND SHAWL WHILE PLAYING A VEENA, (9) VENDOR IS WEARING A DHOTI WITH KURTA AND CARRIES BASKETS OF FOOD HANGING FROM A BAMBOO POLE ACROSS HIS SHOULDER, (10) SNAKE CHARMER PLAYING AN OLD TYPE HORN AND CARRYING A SNAKE IN THE BASKET ACROSS HIS SHOULDER, (11) PERSON DRESSED IN RAJASTANI CLOTHING AND SHOES AND HE CARRIES A LAMP TO LIGHT HIS ROUTE, (12) VENDOR OF FIRECRACKERS WEARS A KURTA TOP, PAJAMAS BOTTOM, AND A TRADITIONAL TURBAN, (13) FRUIT VENDOR WEARS A RED SARI OUTFIT POPULAR IN THE MOUNTAINS, HER WRISTS AND ANKLES ARE COVERED WITH JEWELRY, (14) FEMALE WORSHIPER ON THE WAY TO TEMPLE, SHE WEARS A CHOLI (BLOUSE), GHAGRA (SKIRT) AND TRADITIONAL INDIAN JEWELRY WHILE CARRYING A WORSHIPING TRAY WITH FLOWERS AND SWEETS TOPPED BY A LAMP, (15) BANGLES VENDOR SQUATTING, SHE WEARS A BLUE SARI, AND NEXT TO HER IS A WICKER BASKET TO HOLD HER WARES, (16) A LADY IN RAJASTANI CLOTHING IS RESTING ON A WHITE CARPET AND PURPLE PILLOW, AND SHE WAITS FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO ENTERTAIN, (17) VENDOR OF SWEETS, INCLUDING LADDO AND GILEBI, SHE SITS BEHINDS HER BASKETS AND USES A BALANCE SCALE FOR WEIGHING, (18) FRUIT VENDOR, SHE SELLS A VARIETY OF FRESH FRUITS INCLUDING GUAVAS, MANGOS AND BANANAS, (19) A WORKER SITS AT HIS WORK TABLE AND THREADS SPOOLS, (20) A CARPENTER, SQUATTING WHILE HE WORKS, USES AN OLD FASHIONED SAW TO CUT WOOD, (21) A LETTER WRITER WAITS FOR CUSTOMERS, (22) A BOUL (FOLK SINGER) WITH AN OLD FASHIONED MANDOLIN, (23) A WEAVER WITH A KHADI (WEAVING MACHINE) THROWING THE SHUTTLE AND MAKING A CARPET, (24) VENDOR SELLING SWEETS THAT HE CARRIES IN RAG BAGS HANGING FROM A BAMBOO POLE ACROSS HIS SHOULDERS, (25) A BRAHMIN WEARING A KURTA, PAJAMAS AND A PRIEST'S CAP. THE CARDS DEPICTING PAINTINGS ON FRAGILE SHEETS OF MICA WAS A NOVELTY THAT GREATLY APPEALED TO THE BRITISH IN INDIA AND TO MANY EUROPEANS. THE PAINTINGS ON MICA BECAME KNOWN AS "COMPANY PAINTINGS," AND THEY SERVED TO RECORD THE COSTUMES AND WAY OF LIFE IN INDIA DURING THE EARLY 1800S. THE VICTORIA AND ALBERT MUSEUM IN LONDON POSSESSES THE MOST IMPORTANT COLLECTION OF COMPANY PAINTINGS. THIS SET INCLUDES SLIDING LID WOODEN BOX WITH PREVIOUS OWNERS NAME (ILLEGIBLE) WRITTEN ACROSS BOTTOM. SIZE 4 1/4 IN. (10.8 CM.) HIGH, 3 IN. (7.6 CM.) WIDE. FOUR MICA CARDS HAVE LOSSES ON CORNERS THAT DO NOT EFFECT PAINTINGS, SOME MINOR SCRATCHES AND SLIGHT WEAR, OTHERWISE IN GENERALLY FINE CONDITION.
INDIAN OCCUPATION CARDS ON MICA, BENARES, INDIA, CIRCA 1830S, MAKER UNKNOWN. 26 OF 26 CARDS, DELICATELY HAND PAINTED IN GOUACHE ON 24 PIECES OF MICA PLUS TWO CARDS ON BOARD DEPICTING TWO HEADS (RARE, COMPARED TO THE USUAL ONE HEADED CARD), ONE HEAD FOR A STANDING FIGURE AND ONE HEAD FOR A SEATED FIGURE. THE 24 FIGURE CARDS DEPICT OCCUPATIONS, VENDORS, AND SERVANTS, AND ARE BLANK AT THE FACES SO THEY CAN BE SUPERIMPOSED OVER THE CARDS WITH FACES. THE 24 CARDS INCLUDED IN THIS SET ARE (1) GRAIN SELLER, SEATED AND WEARING A RED SARI, (2) SERVANT, WEARING AN ENGLISH HAT, IS WALKING TWO DOGS FOR AN ENGLISH OWNER, (3) FEMALE WORSHIPER IN RED SARI IS SQUATTING AND HOLDING A BELL AND FLOWERS, NEXT TO HER IS A TEMPLE POT WITH GANGES WATER, AND A DISH WITH OFFERINGS, THIS MICA CARD IS POSITIONED ON TOP OF ONE OF THE TWO "HEAD" CARDS IN THIS SET, (4) LOCKSMITH WEARS A DHOTI, (A LIGHT WEIGHT GARMENT ABOUT 3 TO 3 1/2 YARDS, COMPARED TO A SARI OF 6 YARDS) AND A CHADDAR (SHAWL) OVER HIS SHOULDERS, AND HE CARRIES A RING WITH KEYS AND AN UMBRELLA FOR PROTECTION AGAINST THE HEAT, (5) VENDOR WEARS A WHITE DHOTI AND CARRIES A JAGGERY POT, (6) VENDOR IS SELLING CRACKED RICE WITH PEPPERS AND ONIONS, HE WEARS A GRAY DHOTI WITH KURTA (TOP GARMENT) AND A INDIAN TOWEL AROUND HIS WAIST, (7) A TWO-HEADED CARD THAT SLIDES BENEATH THE PAINTED MICA CARDS, (8) WOMAN MUSICIAN IS WEARING A SARI AND SHAWL WHILE PLAYING A VEENA, (9) VENDOR IS WEARING A DHOTI WITH KURTA AND CARRIES BASKETS OF FOOD HANGING FROM A BAMBOO POLE ACROSS HIS SHOULDER, (10) SNAKE CHARMER PLAYING AN OLD TYPE HORN AND CARRYING A SNAKE IN THE BASKET ACROSS HIS SHOULDER, (11) PERSON DRESSED IN RAJASTANI CLOTHING AND SHOES AND HE CARRIES A LAMP TO LIGHT HIS ROUTE, (12) VENDOR OF FIRECRACKERS WEARS A KURTA TOP, PAJAMAS BOTTOM, AND A TRADITIONAL TURBAN, (13) FRUIT VENDOR WEARS A RED SARI OUTFIT POPULAR IN THE MOUNTAINS, HER WRISTS AND ANKLES ARE COVERED WITH JEWELRY, (14) FEMALE WORSHIPER ON THE WAY TO TEMPLE, SHE WEARS A CHOLI (BLOUSE), GHAGRA (SKIRT) AND TRADITIONAL INDIAN JEWELRY WHILE CARRYING A WORSHIPING TRAY WITH FLOWERS AND SWEETS TOPPED BY A LAMP, (15) BANGLES VENDOR SQUATTING, SHE WEARS A BLUE SARI, AND NEXT TO HER IS A WICKER BASKET TO HOLD HER WARES, (16) A LADY IN RAJASTANI CLOTHING IS RESTING ON A WHITE CARPET AND PURPLE PILLOW, AND SHE WAITS FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO ENTERTAIN, (17) VENDOR OF SWEETS, INCLUDING LADDO AND GILEBI, SHE SITS BEHINDS HER BASKETS AND USES A BALANCE SCALE FOR WEIGHING, (18) FRUIT VENDOR, SHE SELLS A VARIETY OF FRESH FRUITS INCLUDING GUAVAS, MANGOS AND BANANAS, (19) A WORKER SITS AT HIS WORK TABLE AND THREADS SPOOLS, (20) A CARPENTER, SQUATTING WHILE HE WORKS, USES AN OLD FASHIONED SAW TO CUT WOOD, (21) A LETTER WRITER WAITS FOR CUSTOMERS, (22) A BOUL (FOLK SINGER) WITH AN OLD FASHIONED MANDOLIN, (23) A WEAVER WITH A KHADI (WEAVING MACHINE) THROWING THE SHUTTLE AND MAKING A CARPET, (24) VENDOR SELLING SWEETS THAT HE CARRIES IN RAG BAGS HANGING FROM A BAMBOO POLE ACROSS HIS SHOULDERS, (25) A BRAHMIN WEARING A KURTA, PAJAMAS AND A PRIEST'S CAP. THE CARDS DEPICTING PAINTINGS ON FRAGILE SHEETS OF MICA WAS A NOVELTY THAT GREATLY APPEALED TO THE BRITISH IN INDIA AND TO MANY EUROPEANS. THE PAINTINGS ON MICA BECAME KNOWN AS "COMPANY PAINTINGS," AND THEY SERVED TO RECORD THE COSTUMES AND WAY OF LIFE IN INDIA DURING THE EARLY 1800S. THE VICTORIA AND ALBERT MUSEUM IN LONDON POSSESSES THE MOST IMPORTANT COLLECTION OF COMPANY PAINTINGS. THIS SET INCLUDES SLIDING LID WOODEN BOX WITH PREVIOUS OWNERS NAME (ILLEGIBLE) WRITTEN ACROSS BOTTOM. SIZE 4 1/4 IN. (10.8 CM.) HIGH, 3 IN. (7.6 CM.) WIDE. FOUR MICA CARDS HAVE LOSSES ON CORNERS THAT DO NOT EFFECT PAINTINGS, SOME MINOR SCRATCHES AND SLIGHT WEAR, OTHERWISE IN GENERALLY FINE CONDITION.
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