A good Anglo-Indian silver teapot Bombay / Bangalore, early 20th century, circa 1920, unmarked Raj period, oblong bellied form, with a waisted neck, the sides of the teapot are chased with three elephants and a figure on horseback amid palms and other trees on one side, and on the other, with a rider on horseback with a lion, a deer and a tiger and lion all beneath a canopy of trees, the hinged cover chased with an Indian hunting scene and surmounted with a cast lion finial, the plain surfaces with a matt finish to the surface, the spout modelled as an elephants head and trunk, the handle similarly formed as an elephants head at the upper junction and a curved trunk, with ivory insulators, all on four shallow bun feet, length of teapot 23.5cm, weight 20.4oz, weight 636gms. Footnotes: From A Private collection of Indian and Burmese Colonial Silver Provenance: From Michael Backman, London, October 2012. 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 reference (WEZTC54P). 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