Three silver-inlaid bidriware spittoons, probably Bidar, India, 19th century

each of similar form, decorated with silver-inlaid motifs, two featuring foliate garlands, one with birds

Each in generally good condition, most of silver-inlay remaining with some very minor sections of tarnishing, the largest with small crack to underside of foot, one with red wax to underside of foot, possibly as a fixture, the third with hole to centre, all with some abrasion to undersides of foot, as viewed.
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