An early 20^th century Anglo – Indian unmarked silver coffee pot, Kashmir circa 1930

Raj period, of octagonal form with curved base, the spout opposite a squared off handle fitted with turned wooden insulators pinned to sockets. The hinged domed lid surmounted by a domed finial. All over decorated with chased coriander pattern.

Height – 18 cm / 7.1 inches

Weight – 662 grams / 21.28 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.