Indian Plaque Amulet Depicting Dog

Tiny ring on the loop, plenty of attitude on the dog.

This plaque amulet depicting a dog is Hindu, from Rajasthan, India. It is coin silver. Silver amulets from Rajasthan are often made from coin silver, which gave smiths a metal of fairly standard purity that works well for stamping and engraving. Small round pendant with a slender loop and a little ring-shaped boss at its base. A dog in profile walks left with a dotted collar and a raised tail. A beaded border circles the edge and the surface is rubbed. It is 0.5 inches long and 0.75 high.

Small scale, large personality, and nicely edged in beads.