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INDIA, SECOND HALF 19TH CENTURY
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A SILVER REPOUSSÉ BOTTLE, A FLASK, A TRAY AND A CIGARETTE BOX
INDIA, SECOND HALF 19TH CENTURY
The bottle on plain base, in the form of a claret bottle, with repoussé floral sprays and scrolling tendrils within arches, the neck with further similar decoration, the screw top worked as a floral bloom, with central escutcheon showing a deer atop a ducal crown ; the flask of flattened drop shape, with spherical top and loop handle, the decoration depicting a lion atop its prey and two hunting hounds attacking a deer amidst dense scrolling tendrils; the tray of rectangular shape repoussé with a central peacock amidst elephant fighting felines and a human figure subdued by lions, on dense scrolling ground ; the cigarette box, on four feet in the form of lions' paws, of rectangular form, with four hinged flat lids revealing plain compartments, the cigarette compartment decorated with beaters, the match one with wild boars, the repoussé with floriated scrolling tendrils, the side with game pursued by hounds on similar foliated ground
The bottle 12in. (30.5cm.) high
INDIA, SECOND HALF 19TH CENTURY
The bottle on plain base, in the form of a claret bottle, with repoussé floral sprays and scrolling tendrils within arches, the neck with further similar decoration, the screw top worked as a floral bloom, with central escutcheon showing a deer atop a ducal crown ; the flask of flattened drop shape, with spherical top and loop handle, the decoration depicting a lion atop its prey and two hunting hounds attacking a deer amidst dense scrolling tendrils; the tray of rectangular shape repoussé with a central peacock amidst elephant fighting felines and a human figure subdued by lions, on dense scrolling ground ; the cigarette box, on four feet in the form of lions' paws, of rectangular form, with four hinged flat lids revealing plain compartments, the cigarette compartment decorated with beaters, the match one with wild boars, the repoussé with floriated scrolling tendrils, the side with game pursued by hounds on similar foliated ground
The bottle 12in. (30.5cm.) high