AN INDIAN LOW-GRADE SILVER ROSEWATER SPRINKLER (GULABPASH)
India, mid to late 19th century

Of compressed drop-like shape, resting on a diamond-shaped foot chased with fleshy foliage, rising to a tapering neck enhanced with swirling band design, the head in the form of a blossomed rosette, the body and the neck engraved with bands of stylised palmettes and foliage, 25.5cm high, weighs 210g.