A late 19th century Indian unmarked silver milk jug and sugar bowl with sugar tongs, Lucknow circa 1890

A late 19^th century Indian unmarked silver milk jug and sugar bowl with sugar tongs, Lucknow circa 1890

Raj period, the bowl of rounded circular form upon a short cylindrical foot, the cream or milk jug of compressed circular form upon a circular collet foot with a chased applied serpent handle formed as a cobra. The sugar tongs with chased claw grips. Each chased with coriander pattern, the milk and sugar with an upper border of palmettes. Gilt interiors. (3)

Sugar bowl diameter – 8 cm / 3.15 inches

Weight – 181 grams / 5.18 ozt

A teapot of this pattern is 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.

For a three-piece tea set in this pattern with a sugar and milk of the same for see these rooms, 31^st March 2021, lot 169 (£688 incl. premium)