Ending 8th Dec, 2024 14:00

Olympia Timed: Antique Arms, Armour & Militaria December 2024

 
Lot 358
 

358

A SOUTH INDIAN FLASK, 18TH/19TH CENTURY, POSSIBLY MALABAR

with pear-shaped copper-alloy body tapering to a moulded base, decorated with a scale pattern over much of its surface and retaining some early silvered finish, brass nozzle formed as an elephant's head, set with a single silver rosette, and octagonal loop and a chain for suspension, complete with its threaded stopper, 24.0 cm high

Provenance

Roy Elvis (1944-2022) catalogue number I14

Sold for £110


 

with pear-shaped copper-alloy body tapering to a moulded base, decorated with a scale pattern over much of its surface and retaining some early silvered finish, brass nozzle formed as an elephant's head, set with a single silver rosette, and octagonal loop and a chain for suspension, complete with its threaded stopper, 24.0 cm high

Provenance

Roy Elvis (1944-2022) catalogue number I14