Decorative arts and crafts, the key collection at the SPS Museum, has around 837 objects in all. It is classified into 21 sub-sections based on the material used to make the object, ranging from enamelware to grassware.

Most of the objects in this collection were transferred from the Tosh Khana  (treasury) of Shri Pratap Singh in 1899 and from 1907 to 1922, while others were acquired by the museum from private individuals and at auction sales. The majority of the objects are utilitarian; some were probably used in the royal household before being given to the museum.

The collection includes objects from different regions: Kashmir, Ladakh, Gilgit and Jammu. However, there do not seem to be any objects that might be attributed to a region outside of the royal kingdom, whether from other parts of India, Europe or Central Asia.  There is a handful of ceramic and glassware pieces which were imported from Portugal and China; these are functional rather than art objects and were given to the museum in the early 20th century.