AN EXPORT SILVER EWER of bottle shape on a spreading petal base, with a sinuous dragon handle, the hinged cover surmounted by a dragon finial, the body chased with foliate cartouches of standing and equestrian figures holding inscribed banners, reserved on a ground of birds perched on bamboo stems, the tall neck with prunus branches, all between key-pattern around the base and rim, the body with a monogrammed medallion, MBCC, the base with a maker's mark, 19th Century