Indian Plaque Amulet Depicting Vishnupadaka

A little house of silver, with a parasol on the porch and feet inside.

This plaque amulet depicting Vishnupadaka is Hindu, from Rajasthan, India, in coin silver. Vishnupada, the footprints of Vishnu, are widely revered in Hindu devotion, and small silver plaques bearing them were commonly worn. Two feet stand side by side under a fringed umbrella, with tall lamps and flowering stems at either side and a cross-hatched pad below. The plaque is shaped like a house, with a stippled border, rounded corner bosses and a thick loop at the peak. The silver is worn soft. It is 1.25 inches long and 1.75 high.

Modest in size, with a good address.