A VICTORIAN NOVELTY SILVER CREAMER, IN THE FORM OF AN ELEPHANT, JAMES BARCLAY HENNELL FOR ROBERT HENNELL & SONS, LONDON, 1879 |

realistically modelled and tooled, concealed hinged-cover

Hancock's, London, 1998

Clear marks to underside. Good condition.
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For a Victorian silver elephant table lighter, same maker and date, with mahout and howdah, see Culme and Strang, Antique Silver and Silver Collecting, London, 1973, p. 86, no. 173