An early 20th Century Anglo - Indian Raj unmarked silver three-piece coffee service on twin-handled tray, Kashmir circa 1930

Comprising a coffee pot, a hinged covered milk jug and hinged covered twin handled sugar bowl. Each of octagonal form with curved bottoms and squared off handles. The coffee pot with wooden insulators. The tray of rectangular form with canted corners, with D form twin handles. Each item with all over chased decoration in ‘shawl pattern’. (4)

Tray length – 39.5 cm / 15.6 inches

Coffee pot height – 22 cm / 8.75 inches

Weight – 2132 grams / 68.55 ozt

"In the 1930s a further curious hybrid developed incorporating aspects of the newly popular Art Deco into traditional designs." 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. 108. For further reading on Kashmir silver and shawl pattern see ibid p. 103-108. For an angular Kashmir tea service of shawl pattern, an imperial gift, sold Bonham’s New York, 17 Sep 2014, Lot 156 ($5,000 incl. premium)