A late 19^th century Anglo – Indian unmarked silver bachelor teapot, Lucknow circa 1890

Raj period. Of globular form upon a waisted collet foot, with a curved spout opposite a serpent cobra handle leading to a hinged domed lid surmounted by a finial of a caparisoned elephant statant. The body with chased decoration in coriander pattern below a palmette border. Together with a milk jug of similar form and pattern. (2)

Teapot length – 17.8 cm / 7 inches

Weight – 443 grams / 14.24 ozt

A teapot of this exact form and pattern illustrated from the Paul Walter Collection in Wilkinson, W., (1999)., Indian Silver 1858-1947: Decorative Silver from the Indian Sub-Continent and Burma Made by Local Craftsmen in Western Forms. London, Wynyard R T Wilkinson, p. 133, fig. 223.