Indian Silver Elephant Wine Cooler

Anglo-raj silver elephant wine cooler.

• Bellied bowl with wide rim on short support with flange flowing into stepped foot.
• Classical form with bold gadrooning and enlivened with elephant head side mounts.
• Bowl has embossed engraved ornament: vertical leaves between tendrils and beads.
• Two round frames of which one is vacant and the other is engraved with the coat of arms of the nawab of Palanpur, a princely state that became a British protectorate during the reign of George III.
• Marked “Made by Narotamdas Bhau Jewellers Bombay 4” and possible French import stamp.