A SILVER REPOUSSÉ LIDDED EWER Possibly Ladakh or Kashmir, North India, late 19th - early 20th century The bulbous body resting on a tall splayed foot and rising to an hourglass-shaped neck, topped by a compressed hemispherical lid with a diamond-shaped knob, the handle and the spout shaped with zoomorphic designs imitating makara and mythical creatures, the rest of the body decorated with scrolling vegetal tendrils and polylobed palmettes, 27.8cm high.