A good 19th century Indian silver bachelor three-piece tea service Peter Orr and Sons, Madras, circa 1890, each stamped underneath P. ORR & SONS MADRAS Comprising: a teapot, milk jug and a two-handled sugar bowl. Raj period, each of cylindrical form with tapering sides, with bead rims, with plain polished concave band below the rim and with a leafy band below forming the shoulders. The sides embossed with high relief decoration with depiction of the Jugannath ritual procession at Puri, with figures and animals over a stippled ground and showing the temple to one side. Flanked with flag bearers, a caparisoned bull, an elephant and camel. The teapot spout cast and chased with the head of a mythological bird, embellished with scrolls and plumage, with a serpent handle, with five heads and a coiled lower junction with a kneeling figure of Krishna, with two ivory insulators, the hinged shallow domed cover surmounted with a cast finial of Vishnu, surrounded with repoussé figures over a stippled ground, the cream jug and sugar bowl similarly decorated bodies and serpent handles, with gilt interiors, height of teapot 13cm, length of teapot 20cm, weight 36.3oz, weight 1129gms. (3) Footnotes: From A Private Collection of Indian and Burmese Colonial Silver Literature: The design for this teapot from P. Orr and Sons sales catalogue of circa 1880 is illustrated in the publication Indian Silver 1858-1947: Silver from the Indian Sub-Continent and Burma Made by Local Craftsmen in Western Forms. Wynyard R T Wilkinson, p. 157. Wilkinson, W., London, 1999. The Chameleon Press Limited. Please note that this lot contains ivory, export and shipping restrictions apply. The item within this lot containing ivory has been registered in accordance with the Ivory Act (Section 10). With non-transferable references (ZR9PQB2Y) This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: Y Ф Y Subject to CITES regulations when exporting items outside of the UK, see clause 13. Ф This lot contains or is made of ivory and cannot be imported into the USA or any country within the EU. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing