A late 19th / early 20^th century Anglo – Indian unmarked silver water bottle (surahi), Kashmir circa 1900

Raj period, of globular form with a tall tapering neck with knop upon a collet foot. The removable lid attached by a chain. The body with deep chased decoration in mosaic pattern.

Height – 31.4 cm / 12.25 inches

Weight – 638 grams / 20.51 ozt

a surahi of 580 grams is illustrated 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. 118, fig. 199.